Origin Location | Ladakh |
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Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
Lineages | Uncertain |
Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
Collection | U. of Michigan Museum of Anthropology |
Catalogue # | #17451, Koelz Collection |
Classification: Person
Appearance: Buddha
Gender: Male
Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan, Enlightened One).
Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa
The right hand extended across the knee performs the earth-touching mudra (gesture) and the left in the mudra of meditation supports a begging bowl. With the legs in vajra posture, right over left, he sits atop a moon disc and multi-coloured lotus blossom seat surrounded by a blue-orange nimbus, dark green aureola and a canopy of fruit laden foliage.
Jeff Watt 11-2000