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Lot 57
A THANGKA WITH CENTRAL DEPICTION OF AMITHABA BUDDHA
Estimated Value:
800 € - 1.200 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, late 18th c.60 x 42 (119 x 72) cm
Depicted is the Buddha Amitabha, the Lord of the immeasurable light, in his western paradise. He sits on a throne supported by two ptauen and is surrounded by the eight great Bodhisattvas: Padmapani with the lotus blossom on the left, Vajrapani with the vajra on the right. Below left Manjushri and right Maitreya. Underneath left Samantabhadra (blue) and Akashagarbha (red), right Kshitigarbha (yellow) and the green Sarvanivaranavish-khambin. In front of the throne in a lotus flower the soul of a deceased person who is reborn in the western paradise of Buddha Amitabha. In silk brocade border.
Old German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1984, this thangka was acquired at Koller Zürich, 26.5.1977, lot 124 - Wear, signs of age
