Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Avadana (teaching stories)

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 61448)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Avadana Painting containing stories #57-59. From a set of more than twenty-two paintings and one hundred and eight stories.

Each composition has between three to five stories depicted with miniature vignettes separated by trees, mountains, water or clouds.

Jeff Watt 2-2016

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