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A SILK THANGKA WOVEN WITH AMITAYUS
MONGOLIA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A SILK THANGKA WOVEN WITH AMITAYUS
MONGOLIA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The thangka is woven with a pair of bodhisattvas making offerings to a central image of Amitayus seated on a lotus throne, with two lamas positioned above and below, and surrounded by sixteen smaller arhats and two patrons. The scene set within a mountainous landscape, and is woven in shades of purple, green, blue, yellow, orange, and green.
Image: 72 ¼ x 37 7/8 in. (183.5 x 96.1 cm.);
Including brocade borders: 103 ½ x 56 5/8 in. (263.6 x 144 cm.)
MONGOLIA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The thangka is woven with a pair of bodhisattvas making offerings to a central image of Amitayus seated on a lotus throne, with two lamas positioned above and below, and surrounded by sixteen smaller arhats and two patrons. The scene set within a mountainous landscape, and is woven in shades of purple, green, blue, yellow, orange, and green.
Image: 72 ¼ x 37 7/8 in. (183.5 x 96.1 cm.);
Including brocade borders: 103 ½ x 56 5/8 in. (263.6 x 144 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired in Asia in the early twentieth century.