Item: Maitreya (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Buddha

Tibetan: རྒྱལ་བ་བྱམས་པ། Chinese: 弥勒佛

(item no. 15286)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Shechen Archives - photographs

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Maitreya Buddha, the third painting in a set of three paintings depicting Shakyamuni the Buddha of the present, Kashyapa - the past, and the future Buddha Maitreya surrounded by the Sixteen Great Arhats and required retinue figures.

Jeff Watt 10-2007