Iconography

ASIAN ICONOGRAPHY

Religious Iconography / Buddhism / Buddhas (other than Gautama) / Tejaprabha / From Khara-Khoto

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Cycles / Quinque stellae (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) / In Asian art

Further details

From Khara-Khoto; Buddha Tejaprabha surrounded by planets

Artist or creator

Tangut (Western Xia)

Date

13th century - 14th century

Location

St Petersburg, Hermitage (inv. XX-2425)

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Web resources

State Hermitage Museum

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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