CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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GRANDE TENTURE EN SOIE TISSEE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Tissée de fils de couleur beige, blanc, brun pâle, bleu, vert et jaune en dégradés subtils, entièrement décorée de vingt-huit Amitayus, représentés assis en dhyanasana sur un lotus, tenant le kalasha dans les mains, vêtus du dhoti, parés de bijoux, entourés d'un double hâlo et de fins nuages, l'arrière-plan laissant apparaïtre un paysage de vagues, rochers et montagnes, encadrement en soie ; petites usures
Dimensions totales: 200 x 130 cm. (78¾ x 51 1/8 in.)

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A LARGE WOVEN SILK HANGING
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Lot Essay

Amitayus (Wuliangshoufo) is known as the 'Buddha of Infinite Life' and the 'One who grants long life'. As one of the most popular deities from the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon, its typical iconography is recognised by the seated full-lotus posture, dhyanasana, with hands in meditation supporting a vessel known as a kalasha which holds the elixir of immortality. It is often depicted as overflowing to convey the impression of abundance, or containing a sprig from a tree in Sukhavati, the Western Paradise.
Compare this very refine representation of twenty-eight Amitayus to a Qianlong brocade hanging representing the same deity, sold in our New York Rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 160.

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