Original Painting

Shakyamuni Buddha

Deity

Buddha

Dimensions

9 x 12

Medium

Hand painted with mineral colour and pure gold.

Shakyamuni Buddha (the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama), depicted in his classic iconography of enlightenment. Seated in the full lotus posture (padmasana) atop a vibrant, multi-layered lotus throne, his right hand extends downward touching the earth in the Bhumisparsha mudra (earth-witness gesture), calling the earth to witness his spiritual awakening, while his left hand rests in his lap holding an alms bowl (patra). Draped in refined saffron-orange monastic robes and featuring iconic marks of a Buddha—such as the blue topknot (ushnisha), gentle urna on the forehead, elongated earlobes, and a soft circular halo—he sits peacefully set against a gentle landscape of rolling hills and trees, with auspicious offerings arranged at the bottom foreground.