Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Life Story

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 32914)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1900 - 1959
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha and the descent from the Tushita heaven based on a famous nine composition painting set and carved wood block prints produced at the Dege Printing House.

Secondary Images
Related Items
Thematic Sets
Shakyamuni Buddha: Life Story #8 Descent from Tushita
Collection of the National Museum of Asian Art (Shrine)