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Gautama Buddha, Seated in Bhumisparsa Midra with Two Arhats, Surrounded by Scenes from His Life According to the Lalita-vistara
Tibetan
19th century
Object Place: Nepal
Medium/Technique
Distemper on cotton
Dimensions
54.5 x 73.4 cm (21 7/16 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Waldo Forbes
Accession Number07.301
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPainting with decorative borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.
Seated Buddha Shakyaminu flanked by two disciples and making the bhumisparsha mudra (earth-touching gesture). Image also contains narrative scenes from the Buddha's life proceeding in a clockwise direction, and culminating in the Buddha's parinirvana in the upper-left.
Seated Buddha Shakyaminu flanked by two disciples and making the bhumisparsha mudra (earth-touching gesture). Image also contains narrative scenes from the Buddha's life proceeding in a clockwise direction, and culminating in the Buddha's parinirvana in the upper-left.
Provenance1907, Edward W. Forbes, Cambridge, MA; 1907, gift of Forbes to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 11, 1907)