Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 230)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1300 - 1399
Lineages Buddhist
Size 147.32x114.30cm (58x45in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# c2003.50.4
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha, the two principle disciples, the Sixteen Arhats, and 116 life story and previous life story vignettes.

Just above the head of the central large Buddha figure, to the right and to the left side, are the two bodhisattvas Manjushri and Maitreya. They are seated in relaxed postures with the legs distended in front. Small stupas are pictured between them as the appear to be in dialogue (see the Maitreya and Manjushri in Dialogue gallery).

Numbered Image
A. Shakyamuni & Two Bodhisattva.
B. Life Story Vignettes.
C. Sixteen Arhats.
D. Manjushri.
E. Maitreya.
F. Teachers.

Jeff Watt 5-2012

Secondary Images
Related Items
Publications
Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Sets
Shakyamuni Buddha: Main Page
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art (RMA): Main Page
Shakyamuni Buddha: Jataka Iconography & Stories List
Shakyamuni Buddha: Jataka Stories (Masterworks)
Subject: Manjushri & Maitreya (Secondary Figures)
Painting Style: Western Tibetan
Shakyamuni Buddha: Jataka Stories Main Page
Shakyamuni Buddha & the Sixteen Elders (Single Composition)
Exhibition: Big!
Subject: Torana, Shakyamuni Buddha (Early Animal Depictions)
Shakyamuni Buddha: Early Paintings
Shakyamuni Buddha: Life-story (Register Composition)
Collection of RMA: Painting Masterworks Page
Shakyamuni Buddha: Life-story (Single Composition)
Shakyamuni Buddha: Life Story, Confession & Arhats
Shakyamuni Buddha: Jataka Stories (Single Composition)
Shakyamuni Buddha: Jataka Stories (Register)
Shakyamuni Buddha: Life-story (Single Composition Masterworks)
Arhat: Dharmata (Early Art)