Akshobhya
(item no. 90750)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Uncertain Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Tibet House, New York


 


Akshobhya, Buddha (Tibetan: mi chu pa, sang gye): the Enlightened One of the Eastern Direction, from the set of Five Celestial Buddhas.

A blue vajra scepter stands upright in the palm of the left hand. Monks, deities and celestial figures fill the fore and backgrounds.

Jeff Watt 2-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Tibet House: New York (Repatriation)
Buddhist Deity: Akshobhya Buddha
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II
Buddhist Deity: Akshobhya Buddha (Abhirati Pureland)



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