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Stories of Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka); Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin…

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Stories of Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka); Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin…

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Photography by Bruce M. White Photography. The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. 2010.

Stories of the Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)

Late 17th-18th century

Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives; Tibet; mid-late 14th century; pigments on …

Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives

mid-late 14th century

Previous Lives of the Buddha

19th century

Shakyamuni Buddha, Jataka (Previous Lives); eastern Tibet; 19th century; pigments on cloth; Rub…

Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha
After Situ’s set of the Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha

19th century

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Songtsen Gampo (ruled 617-650)
(From a set of the previous lives of the Dalai Lamas)

19th century

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Stories of the Noble Deeds (Avadana), After a Set Designed by Situ Panchen (1700–1774) Illustrating Kshemendra’s Avadanakalpanada

19th century

Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana); Central Tibet; late 18th-19th century; pigments on cloth; Rub…

Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana)

late 18th-19th century

Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni; Tibet; 19th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Himala…

Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni

19th century

Buchung Nubgya (b. 1979, Shigatse; lives and works in New York); Life Story of Nangsa Wobum; Ne…

Life Story of Nangsa Wobum

Buchung Nubgya

2020

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Padmasambhava and scenes from his life story

18th - 19th century

Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419); Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Hi…

Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419)

18th century

The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682) with Previous Incarnations; Central Ti…

The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682) with Previous Incarnations

18th century