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Sakyamuni Buddha
Tibetan
18th century
Object Place: Tibet
Medium/Technique
Distemper and gold on cotton
Dimensions
96 x 65.5 cm (37 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 67.3 x 52.0 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.737
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPainting with no borders, but still with a bottom hanging rod attached. Would have originally been in thangka format.
Painting with decorative borders. Would have originally been in thangka format. A golden-skinned Buddha sits on a lotus throne with his hands in dhyana mudra, holding a begging bowl. He wears an elaborate patched robe. In the stylized clouds above him sit 9 red-skinned, crowned figures, each holding a vase, probably representing Amitayus. Below him, in a stylized mountain setting, sit nine bare-heaed figures, porbably Arhats, each holding different attributes. Very similar in style and layout to MFA 21.742.
Painting with decorative borders. Would have originally been in thangka format. A golden-skinned Buddha sits on a lotus throne with his hands in dhyana mudra, holding a begging bowl. He wears an elaborate patched robe. In the stylized clouds above him sit 9 red-skinned, crowned figures, each holding a vase, probably representing Amitayus. Below him, in a stylized mountain setting, sit nine bare-heaed figures, porbably Arhats, each holding different attributes. Very similar in style and layout to MFA 21.742.
Provenance1921, William Sturgis Bigelow, Boston, MA; 1921, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 7, 1921)