Buddha, resisting the demons of Mara, who are attempting to prevent him from attaining enlightenment, as angels watch from above. Lithograph.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
580096i
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Publication/Creation

[Sri Lanka], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with gold ink ; image 43.3 x 63.3 cm

Lettering

Mara's battle Lettering in Sinhalese and English below the image and in English on verso saying that these pictures were bought from Ceylon

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Tranquillity” at Wellcome Collection, 15 July 2021 - 9 January 2022
Exhibited in ‘Hello Happiness!’ at Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, 27 May – 19 November 2023

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Wellcome Collection 580096i

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