Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 200402)

Origin Location	Pakistan
Date Range	600 - 699
Lineages	Buddhist
Size	22cm (8.66in) high
Material	Metal
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha wearing ornaments of a cakravartin, from Gilgit. The inscription names the donors, and the date may be either 678-679 or 778-779 according to the Laukika cycle of hundred year cycles.