/internal/media/dispatcher/746356/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=09FB43ABC2A0138053192DCA4809A1EASakya-muni Buddah, with Amitayus & 4 Standing Tara18th centuryImage: 66.5 × 52 cm (26 3/16 × 20 1/2 in.)
Mount: 106 × 75.5 cm (41 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)Distemper on cottonWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection21.7320Painting with no borders, possibly originally in thangka format.
Shakyamuni sits on elaborate lotus throne with hands in dharmachakra mudra. Directly above him is Amitabha Buddha. Beside and below him are four standing Bodhisattvas, each holding the stem of a lotus. They are dressed in distinctive costumes with short shirts and long, tight, striped leggings. They are set in a Chinese-style landscape with stylized clouds above and mountain and rock formations below. (Includes a very nice rendition of a Chinese scholar's rock.)Paintings106.000000000066.50000000001595901