Buddha’s Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, Print from a woodblock

Location: Derge Printing House, Kham region, eastern Tibet
Date: after 1960
Material: Ink on paper
Catalog Number: C2001.4.2 (HAR 87502)
Collection: Rubin Museum of Art
Provenance: Gift of William Hinman

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