Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Avadana (teaching stories)

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 54407)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Field Museum of Natural History
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha. Painting #23 in a set of 32 paintings depicting the Avadana stories of Shakyamuni buddha and his disciples. (See an example of the Complete Set and see the same composition in HAR 72031 and HAR 74120).

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Collection of The Field Museum of Natural History
Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History (Painting)
Collection of the Field Museum (Best of Collection)