Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Avadana (teaching stories)

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 65592)

Origin Location	Eastern Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Shelley & Donald Rubin

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Chokyi Jungne, the 8th Situ Panchen (1700-1774): portrayed as the patron for the set of Avadana Kalpalata paintings, along with a written proclamation; the twenty-fifth and last painting in the Avadana series.

Art Represented in Art: at the top left a large scroll waits to be inscribed with a proclamation by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne. At the lower left two artists draw Buddha figures on stretched cloth frames.

Jeff Watt 3-2005

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