Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Life Story

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 573)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1900 - 1959
Lineages	Uncertain
Size	71.12x44.45cm (28x17.50in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue #	acc.# F1997.42.2

Classification: Person

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Gautauma the Buddha cutting his hair, symbolic of renouncing the world. From the same series as 572.