Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - with Sixteen Elders (Arhats)

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 36383)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha and various figures. This composition belongs to a set of paintings depicting the Buddha, the Two Principal Students, the Sixteen Elders, Two Attendants and Four Guardian Kings.

Jeff Watt 1-2014

Secondary Images
Related Items
Thematic Sets
Shakyamuni Buddha: Main Page
Painting Set: Shakyamuni & Arhats (Penn Museum)
Collection of Penn Museum - Main Page (Painting)