A THANGKA DEPICTING EKADASHALOKESHVARA WITH SILK BROCADE MOUNTING

Description:

Tibet, 19th c.
62,5 x 42 cm (124 x 73 cm mit Montierung)
The thousand-armed manifestation of Avalokiteshvara is standing in samabhanga on a lotus-base with his principle hands in anjalimudra, the others radiating around his body, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his eleven faced head includes a head of Amitabha Buddha shown at the top, flanked by six offering divinities and four manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, all placed within a fenced wall of a three-roofed pavilion visible behind the main figure, the upper store with Maitreya, both upper corners showing the yellow Manjusri with sword and the blue Vajrapani holding the vajra, the reverse with the mantras ‘aum ah hum’, in brocade mounting.
Important German private collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s, some bought from Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart
Minor traces of age