Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Life Story

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 573)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1900 - 1959
Lineages Uncertain
Size 71.12x44.45cm (28x17.50in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# F1997.42.2
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Gautauma the Buddha cutting his hair, symbolic of renouncing the world. From the same series as 572.

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