Bodhisattva - (unidentified)
(item no. 95)

China

1700 - 1799

Uncertain Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1995.3.1)

 
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Suryabaskara, Bodhisattva (Tibetan: nyi mai o ser. English: the Sun's Rays). One of the two principal attendant figures to the Medicine Guru Buddha.

"On the right is the Conqueror's son Suryabhaskara, with a body red in colour. The left hand holds a lotus marked with a sun....the right hand performs the mudra of supreme generosity. The retinue of the Lord are adorned with silks and jewels, standing on lotus and moon seats in a manner of homage." (Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo, 1820-1892).

Jeff Watt 9-2000


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