AN EMBROIDERED APPLIQUE THANGKA DEPICTING MAITREYA
AN EMBROIDERED APPLIQUE THANGKA DEPICTING MAITREYA
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AN EMBROIDERED APPLIQUE THANGKA DEPICTING MAITREYA

TIBET OR CHINA, 18TH CENTURY

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AN EMBROIDERED APPLIQUE THANGKA DEPICTING MAITREYA
TIBET OR CHINA, 18TH CENTURY
The Future Buddha seated at center in dhyanasana on a low cushion with his right hand held in abhayamudra and the left holding a water vase, the face with serene expression and the hair supporting a stupa backed by a conjoined nimbus and aureole, all set within a watery paradise
19 ½ x 14 in. (49.5 x 35.6 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 3 April 1978, lot 13.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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