Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - with Sixteen Elders (Arhats)

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 692)

Origin Location	Eastern Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Gelug
Size	80.65x55.25cm (31.75x21.75in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Shelley & Donald Rubin
Catalogue #	acc.# P1998.2.15

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan) surrounded by the 2 main attendants and the 16 Arhats traveling across the ocean to China by various means.

Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa

Jeff Watt 11-2000