Item: Ratnasambhava Buddha - (Peaceful Appearance)

Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་རིན་ཆེན་འབྱུང་གནས། Chinese: 宝生佛

(item no. 91077)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1600 - 1699
Lineages	Uncertain
Size	58.42x43.18cm (23x17in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Erie Art Museum

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Ratnasambhava, Buddha (Tibetan: rin chen jung den, sang gye): the fourth of the Five Celestial Buddhas, representing the qualities of enlightenment.

Yellow in colour with the right hand in the mudra (gesture) of generosity, he is seated on a horse supported throne. Two bodhisattvas stand at the sides while repeating rows of the Five Celestial Buddhas fill the back and foregrounds.

Jeff Watt 10-2000