A THANGKA OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI OR GAUTAMA BUDDHA
TIBET, CHINA, TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH TO 19TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth. Shakyamuni is depicted seated in padmasana on a lotus base, he holds his...

A THANGKA OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI OR GAUTAMA BUDDHA
TIBET, CHINA, TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH TO 19TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth. Shakyamuni is depicted seated in padmasana on a lotus base, he holds his right hand downward in the earth-touching gesture (bhumisparsha mudra) with which he calls the earth goddess to affirm that he is entitled to attain enlightenment following his triumph over Mara, the destroyer. He is encircled by a mandorla and surrounded by numerous deities. The tones are predominantly red, green and orange.
Dimensions (the sole painted part): 65 x 56 cm

Note: Gautama Buddha was an ascetic and spiritual teacher of South Asia who lived during the latter half of the first millennium BCE. He was the founder of Buddhism and is revered by Buddhists as an Enlightened being whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering.

释迦牟尼或乔达摩佛陀唐卡
中国西藏，18-19世纪

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