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Bhaishajyaguru (The Medicine Buddha)
Tibetan
18th–19th century?
Object Place: Tibet
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton, mounted with silk brocade, wood and metal dowels
Dimensions
Overall: 124 × 77 cm (48 13/16 × 30 5/16 in.)
Image: 60.9 × 42 cm (24 × 16 9/16 in.)
Image: 60.9 × 42 cm (24 × 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Number07.302
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPainting in hanging scroll (thangka) format, with streamers, veil and decorative stitched borders.
Bhaishajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) sits at the center holding a begging bowl in his left hand; his right hand holds a branch of myrobalan and is in varada mudra. He is surrounded by eight Buddhas, probably the medicine Buddhas. Above are the five Tathagata Buddhas. Below are eight Bodhisattvas.
Bhaishajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) sits at the center holding a begging bowl in his left hand; his right hand holds a branch of myrobalan and is in varada mudra. He is surrounded by eight Buddhas, probably the medicine Buddhas. Above are the five Tathagata Buddhas. Below are eight Bodhisattvas.
InscriptionsOn reverse, in red ink in formal Tibetan block script behind each figure: "Om, Ah, Hum"
Provenance1907, Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambrige, MA; 1907, gift of Forbes to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 11, 1907)