Item: Wheel of Life
སྲིད་པ་འཁོར་ལོ་བྲིས་ཐང་དང་ལྡེབས་རིས།
生死轮绘画和壁画
(item no. 91037)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Uncertain |
| Size | 55.88x40.64cm (22x16in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Erie Art Museum |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Object/Concept
Wheel of Life (Tibetan: sid pa'i kor lo. Sanskrit: bhavana chakra). The red fearsome deity, the personification of worldly existence, clutches the disc of the six realms of existence between the jaws ready to bite down and swallow at any moment - impermanence.
The Twelve Links begin at the 12:30 position with a blind man walking with a stick.
Jeff Watt 9-2000
Collection of Erie Art Museum
Wheel of Life: Six Buddhas
Wheel of Life Main Page
Painting Type: Coloured Ground
Wheel of Life: Six Sections
Wheel of Life: Three Poisons
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