Lot Essay
This painting is likely one of a set of five paintings depicting the Five Symbolic Buddhas.
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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A thangka of Amoghasiddhi Buddha
Tibet, 15th century
Seated on a lotus base over a kinnari throne, wearing voluminous blue, orange and red brocade robes and heavy jewelry and crown highlighted with gilt pastiglia, backed by an orange torana and flanked by bodhisattvas each with a lama seated directly above, all backed by a large red torana with Garuda at top, further surrounded by rows of buddhas and bodhisattvas
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
29¾ x 24½ in. (75.5 x 62.2 cm.)
Tibet, 15th century
Seated on a lotus base over a kinnari throne, wearing voluminous blue, orange and red brocade robes and heavy jewelry and crown highlighted with gilt pastiglia, backed by an orange torana and flanked by bodhisattvas each with a lama seated directly above, all backed by a large red torana with Garuda at top, further surrounded by rows of buddhas and bodhisattvas
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
29¾ x 24½ in. (75.5 x 62.2 cm.)
Provenance
Onno Janssens Collection, Netherlands, acquired from Sotheby's, 25 March 1999, lot 83
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources, www.himalayanart.org, item no. 66703