Seated Lamas with “Teaching” Hand Gestures

Seated Lamas with “Teaching” Hand Gestures
Seated Lamas with “Teaching” Hand Gestures

Seated Lamas with “Teaching” Hand Gestures

Date13th-14th century
Mediumstone relief with traces of paint
Dimensionsobject: 19 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (50.5 x 50.2 x 4.1 cm)
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Yangki Gray and Museum Purchase with the John and Peggy Maximus Fund
Object number2009.43
Subject(s)
  • Buddhism
  • religion
  • figure
  • men
  • buddhism, monks
  • animal
  • elephant
Collection
  • Asian
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Tibetan
On View
On view
Vajrabhairava Embracing Consort
Tibet
late 17th century
Seated Goddess
Tibet
18th century
Standing Bodhisattva
China
Tang dynasty (618-906)
Head of Buddha
Thailand
16th century
Gorgon antefix
Greek, South Italian
late 6th century BCE
Greek, Attic
4th century BCE
Balarama
India
9th-10th Century
Storage Box
Tibet
ca.15th-17th century
Jaguar metate
Chimu
ca. 500-1000 CE
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