Rubin Museum

Vitaliy Koretskyy

This is one of the fifty-four paintings of the All-Knowing Buddha Vairochana. In this painting visualization of Buddha is in much greater detain than commonly seen in Tibetan Art. The-All Knowing Buddha is shown at the top center of this painting on a blue lotus surrounded by a golden sun disk. Another figure on the painting is Practitioner and the main reason for this is to display Indian-inspired red monastic robes. The drape of is garment, revealing the right shoulder is and chest, is characteristic of Indian monastic dress.

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