Dimension: 178-3/4" L x 85-3/4" W

PROVENANCE:
Property of Mr. Albert Oliver, Ivy House of Chesnut. Acquired in 1911, RWD Harradence of Ware, sole agent in the district for Liberty & CO, Regent ST, London.

aven and entering the womb of his mother queen Maya Devi. At the right the birth takes place in the Lumbini Grove with Maya Devi standing and grasping the branch of a tree, and after, slightly above, the newborn prince takes seven steps in each of the cardinal directions and a lotus blossom springs forth from each step.

At the lower right as a young prince he learns the worldly arts. Excelling at archery, horsemanship and the like, living in an exquisite palace he enjoys the camaraderie of his queens, consorts and friends. Along the bottom are human images of birth, sickness, old age and death.

At the bottom center and left, at the age of 29 the prince leaves the palace and becomes a self-ordained monk represented by shaving the head. At the edge of the Nairanjana River he spends 6 years performing austerities.

At the middle left, seated beneath the bodhi tree he defeats the 4 maras and their 3 daughters, along with a host of circling daemons and obscurations, and achieves complete buddhahood at dawn. He places the fingertips of the right hand on the ground to call forth the earth to witness the moment of enlightenment. Slightly below, the Buddha Shakyamuni, at Sarnath, turns for the first time the wheel of Dharma, teaching to the original 7 rishi companions. At the top left the Buddha lying with the body on the side in the lion posture passes away and achieves maha-pari-nirvana - the great state of passing beyond suffering. His remains are interred in a series of stupas constantly wreathed by ribbons of rainbow light.

All included in three manifestation Buddha, with other left in Abhaya-Dhayana gesture, and the right in Dharma-Chakra Mudra.

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