Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 87204)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Uncertain
Size 80.90x43.30cm (31.85x17.05in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue # acc.# 06_333, Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha, the first painting from a set of paintings depicting the twenty-five Shambhala Vidyadharas of the Kalachakra Tantric system.

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