TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

细节

A large thangka of Amitabha with Avalokiteshvara and Green Tara
Tibet, 18th century
Each deity on lotus bases over stepped thrones with elaborate architectural toranas, backed by identical blue-and-gold aureoles with translucent auras, Amitabha at center seated in dhyanasana and holding the blue medicine bowl in his folded hands, dressed in multicolored patchwork robes, backed by a green nimbus and surmounted by a parasol, with Green Tara on the right and Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara on the left, all amidst a lush landscape
25¾ x 49 1/8 in. (65.4 x 124.8 cm.)

来源

With Albert Rudolph, Rudi Oriental Arts, New York, before 1973
Acquired by current owner in Portland in 1994

出版

J. Watt, Himalayan Art Resource (www.himalayanart.org), HAR no. 60678

荣誉呈献

Hugo Weihe

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拍品专文

This painting is notable both for its unusual landscape format and for its extensive grouping of Buddhist deities and figures, see diagram at right for a complete list and location.

1. Amitabha Buddha and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas
2. Eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara
3. Green Tara with Marichi and Ekajati
4. The Three Lords of the World: Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani
5. Je Tsongkhapa with two students
6. Shakyamuni Buddha with Maitreya and Manjushri
7. Three long life deities: Amitayus, Ushnishavijaya, and White Tara
8. Vajrasattva, Akshobhya, and the Medicine Buddha
9. Vajravidarana
10. Vaishravana
11. Shadbhuja Mahakala
12. Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo