Seated Dipankara Buddha with Flaming Shoulders 6th–7th century China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region) In a past birth Shakyamuni met the Buddha Dipankara and vowed to pursue the path to Buddhahood. By the fourth century Dipankara Buddhas represented with flaming shoulders began to appear in the sculpture of Gandhara and Afghanistan and in Chinese bronzes. This seated Buddha was likely part of a Seated Dipankara Buddha with Flaming Shoulders 39985

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