18TH CENTURY
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an east tibetan thang.ka depicting buddha sakyamuni
18th century
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus, placed on a throne, its front with a dragon flanked to each side by a phoenix, his right hand in vitarkamudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing cloak painted with gold scrolling, his face with meditative expression, flaming aureol behind, Amitayus above, surrounded by four different Buddha figures and twelve figures of Sitatara, another form of a Tara below, in mountainous landscape
102 x 64 cm, framed
18th century
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus, placed on a throne, its front with a dragon flanked to each side by a phoenix, his right hand in vitarkamudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing cloak painted with gold scrolling, his face with meditative expression, flaming aureol behind, Amitayus above, surrounded by four different Buddha figures and twelve figures of Sitatara, another form of a Tara below, in mountainous landscape
102 x 64 cm, framed