A TIBETAN RED BACKGROUND THANG-KA DEPICTING AMITAYUS, seated in vajrasana on a lotus, on a throne, both hands in dhyanamudra and holding the kalasa, wearing dhoti, scarf and many body-ornaments, an aureol behind, surrounded by many small figures of Amitayus, each similar depicted, painted in gold, 19th Century
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A TIBETAN RED BACKGROUND THANG-KA DEPICTING AMITAYUS, seated in vajrasana on a lotus, on a throne, both hands in dhyanamudra and holding the kalasa, wearing dhoti, scarf and many body-ornaments, an aureol behind, surrounded by many small figures of Amitayus, each similar depicted, painted in gold, 19th Century
67 x 50 cm (one vertical crack and a spot of black dirt), framed and glazed
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