Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Dipamkara Buddha - (Seated)

མར་མེ་མཛད། 燃灯佛
(item no. 87212)
Origin Location China
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Uncertain
Size 68x53cm (26.77x20.87in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue # acc.# 21_732, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One, Sage of the Shakya Clan) with Amitayus above and four bodhisattvas standing at the sides.

Jeff Watt 4-2001

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