Buddha Shakyamuni - Avadana (teaching stories)
(item no. 426)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

76.20x52.07cm (30x20.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Palpung / Situ Painting School

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# F1996.1.3)

 


Avadana Painting #2 containing stories 4-6. From a set of 22 tangkas and 108 stories.

The Avadana paintings were conceived and sponsored by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774). From the first set of paintings numerous copies were later made.

Jeff Watt 9-2000


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Set
Painting Set: Avadana Composition (Situ Panchen Design)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery II
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part I
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan



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