Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vairochana Buddha - (Sambhogakaya Ornaments)

ཀུན་རིག་རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། 普明大日如来(佛教本尊)
(item no. 31517)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Vairochana Buddha from a set of five compositions depicting the Five Symbolic Buddhas each surrounded by one hundred and two buddhas representing in total the One Thousand Buddhas of the Eon.

Jeff Watt 7-2015

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Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures Main Page
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Collection: Bonhams on HAR
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana Buddha Main Page
Collection: Private 23
Collection: Bonhams New York (Painting & Sculpture. September 14, 2015)
Subject: Torana, Vairochana Buddha (Early Animal Depictions)