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TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Image 29 x 20 ? in. (73.7 x 52.1 cm.)
The present painting of Buddha Shakyamuni is comprised of stories of the historical Buddha’s previous lives, in which he perfected the many qualities that ultimately brought him to enlightenment. The stories are labeled with succinct titles and numbered eighty-one to eighty-nine. One of the most easily recognizable, the story of Prince Mahasattva who sacrificed his body to a hungry tigress and her cubs (number eighty-one), can be seen at top center. The abbreviated titles of the stories that follow, depicted in clockwise order are: King Moonlight, King of Shibi, King Aranemi, The Bodhisattva Who Endues, King Simhakesara, The Knowledeable Master, Kumara Sudhana, and The Blissful God. These stories come from the compendium of tales authored by the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339). This eighteenth or nineteenth-century painting is intended as a teaching tool with which Tibetan lamas can impart many life-cycles of Buddhist wisdom to their students. Painted in a bright, saturated palette of primarily blue, green, red, orange and gold with a Chinese-influenced landscape, the particular place of Tibetan provenance is difficult to discern.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24520.