Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Avadana (teaching stories)
ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ།
释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 30834)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Private |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Person
Appearance: Buddha
Gender: Male
Shakyamuni Buddha surrounded by Avadana Stories. This single composition belongs to a forty-one painting set. See the same composition from a different set and an example of a complete set.
The one hundred stories are based on the Leaves of the Heaven Tree a text composed by the Kashmiri poet Kshemendra (11th century). That text in turn is based on the Avadana stories from the Buddhist Pali canon of authoritative Buddhist scripture.
Jeff Watt 9-2013
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