Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 86303)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1400 - 1499
Material Metal
Collection Alan Robert Naftalis
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Buddha Shakyamuni. Tibet 15th century, gilded bronze with painted snail curls. approx 5"/13cm. Compare: A& J Speelman: Buddhist Works of Art, page 68, object 31, 1998 (described as either Tibet or Nepal); also Pratapaditya Pal, Art of Nepal, object S38, page 117, 1985, in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and described as Nepalese.

Secondary Images
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Collection of Alan Robert Naftalis
Shakyamuni Buddha: Sculpture (Without Base, Seated)