printing block (writing & printing); prints (ritual & belief: representations)

Wood block depicting the three Buddhas of the past, present and future and text in Tibetan labelling the Buddhas as such. Accompanying the block are two prints from it on paper.

Wood block depicting Du-sum Sangye (dus gsum sangs rgyas) – the Buddhas of the past, present and future. The text under each Buddha reads: (from left to right) "The Buddha of the Past" (Wyl. mar me mdzad or Dipamkara), "The Buddha of the Present" (Wyl. Shakya rgyal or Shakya, the Victorious) and "The Buddha of the Future" (Wyl. Byams pa mgon or Maitreya).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2014.153
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; paper
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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