Buddha Shakyamuni - Avadana (teaching stories)
(item no. 138)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

76.20x53.34cm (30x21in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Palpung / Situ Painting School

Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin

(acc.# P1995.11.3)

 


Avadana Painting #6 containing stories 21-23. From a set of 22 tangkas and 108 stories.

The Avadana paintings were conceived and sponsored by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774). From the first set of paintings numerous copies were later made.

Jeff Watt 9-2000


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation

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Painting Set: Avadana Composition (Situ Panchen Design)
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part I
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan
Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin



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