Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Jataka (previous lives)

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 671)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Uncertain
Size 67.31x51.44cm (26.50x20.25in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# P1998.6.4
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan) along with various previous life stories.

Jeff Watt 11-2000

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