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A painting of Nagarjuna
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A painting of Nagarjuna

Tibet, 18th century

已结束2016年3月15日

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A painting of Nagarjuna
Tibet, 18th century
The snake-deity seated with hands in dharmachakramudra at center over a lotus base, a table of offerings before him, surrounded by 231 manifestations of Mahakala
34 ¾ x 22 ½ in. (88.5 x 58 cm.)

Collection of Tom Grayson, California, 1999-2011
Acquired from the above in 2011

专家说明

Nagarjuna, one the most important Buddhist philosophers, is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. He is often depicted surrounded by snakes, a reference to the story in which the nagas, nature spirits in snake form, offer the One Hundred Thousand Verse Prajnaparamita Sutra, a teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha that had until that moment, never been revealed to the human world. For a comparable work, see a painting of Nagarjuna in the Rubin Museum of Art (P2000.14.3).