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Gautama Buddha

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  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Vishnu in his incarnation as Buddha, the thinker. Engraving, 1672.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
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    Buddha Sakyamuni: a statue of the god in a temple in China, attended by priests, monks and worshippers. Engraving, 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 3010820i
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    The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 47105i
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    An ivory statue of the standing Buddha from Candy, Sri Lanka. Line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1804.

    | Date: [1804] | Reference: 3198508i
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    Kitāb Bilawhar wa-Būḏāsf / édité par Daniel Gimaret.

    | Date: [1971?]
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    Vishnu in his incarnation as Buddha, the thinker. Engraving, 1672.

    | Date: [1672] | Reference: 726139i
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