Painting Set: One Hundred Jataka Stories (Palpung Composition)

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The thirty-four previous life stories of Shakyamuni Buddha according to the classical text Jatakamala and supplemented with an additional sixty-seven stories by the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. This composition containing eleven paintings is thought to be commissioned by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne in 1726. (See blockprint set).

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