British Museum Top 20 Buddhism 15-2 Buddha With Scenes Of His Former Lives Tangka Close Up [20 of 26]
15. Shakyamuni Buddha With Scenes Of His Former Lives Tangka Close Up – Tibet, around 1600, 71 x 48 cm. Here is the bottom right corner of the tangka showing three of Shakyamuni Buddha’s former lives, or jatakas: Mahabodhi, Great Ape, and Skarabha Deer. Photo – Marilyn Rhie and Robert Thurman: The Sacred Art Of Tibet.