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The World of Devas
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This painting depicts the imagined heavenly realm in which the absence of desire produces freedom from sorrow. In the heavens dwell devas, celestial beings, who are surrounded by attendants and musicians. Like F1904.343, this painting was created to give tangible form to complex Buddhist ideas regarding illusion, attachment, and rebirth.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe World of Devas. 14th century. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
