Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - with Sixteen Elders (Arhats)

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 87003)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Buddhist
Size 68.58x46.05cm (27x18.13in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc. #1960-131-003, Bequest of Natacha Rambova, 1960
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha.

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

Related Items
Publications
Publication: Visual Dharma: the Buddhist Art of Tibet

Thematic Sets
Shakyamuni Buddha with 16 Arhats
Shakyamuni Buddha & the Sixteen Elders (Single Composition)
Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art (Painting)