编号:HAR157

中文名称:释迦牟尼佛

英文名称: Shakyamuni Buddha

尺幅:77.47x53.34cm (30.50x21in)

类别:彩唐

材质:棉布

题材:人物

收藏:Rubin Museum of Art

地域:西藏

年份:19世纪（1800 - 1899）

传承:不确定

是否支持复刻: 支持

内容:

Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya thu pa, sang gye, English: the Enlightened One, Sage of the Shakya Clan): surrounded by vignettes portraying the 12 major deeds of his life.At the lower right [4] as a young prince he learns the worldly arts. [5] Excelling at archery, horsemanship and the like, living in an exquisite palace he enjoys the camaraderie of his queens, consorts and friends. Along the bottom are human images of birth, sickness, old age and death.At the bottom center and left, [6] at the age of 29 the prince leaves the palace and becomes a self-ordained monk represented by shaving the head. [7] At the edge of the Nairanjana River he spends 6 years performing austerities.At the middle left, [8] seated beneath the bodhi tree he [9] defeats the 4 maras and their 3 daughters, along with a host of circling daemons and obscurations, and [10] achieves complete buddhahood at dawn. He places the fingertips of the right hand on the ground to call forth the earth to witness the moment of enlightenment. Slightly below, [11] the Buddha Shakyamuni, at Sarnath, turns for the first time the wheel of Dharma, teaching to the original 7 rishi companions. At the top left [12] the Buddha lying with the body on the side in the lion posture passes away and achieves maha-pari-nirvana - the great state of passing beyond suffering. His remains are interred in a series of stupas constantly wreathed by ribbons of rainbow light.Numbered & Greyscale: 1. The bodhisattva in the form of a white elephant leaving the Tushita heaven. 2. Entering the womb of queen Maya Devi. 3. The birth takes place in the Lumbini Grove. 4. Learning the worldly arts. 5. Observing birth, sickness, old age and death. 6. Leaving the palace and becoming a self-ordained monk. 7. Performing austerities. 8. Seated beneath the bodhi tree. 9. Defeat of the Four Maras. 10. Achieving Buddhahood. 11. Turning the Wheel of Dharma. 12. Passing into maha-pari-nirvana.Jeff Watt 8-99