Painting with decorative borders mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.
The stupa (Buddhist reliquary monument) in the centre of the mandala shows the goddess Ushnishavijaya (an emanation of Buddha mind and connected with long life) in its dome. Around the stupa sit various buddhas and other deities. The stupa rests on a huge lotus that grows out of the cosmic ocean.
Details
- Title : Usnisa Caitya with Five Dhyani Buddhas
- Year : early 18th century
- Classification : Paintings
- Medium : Distemper on cotton
- Dimension : Overall: 52.7 x 69.7cm (20 3/4 x 27 7/16in.)
- Accession No : 07.303
- Country/ Geo-location : NEPAL
- Collection : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Credit Line : Gift of Edward Waldo Forbes
- Status : NOT ON VIEW
- PROVENANCE : 1907, Edward W. Forbes, Cambridge, MA; 1907, gift of Forbes to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 11, 1907)