A THANGKA DEPICTING AMITABHA

Description:

Tibet, early 19th cent.
57 x 37 / 127 x 89 cm R.
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base placed on a throne, his hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap supporting the alms-bowl, wearing monastic garment including a patchwork mantle, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, double aureole behind encompassed by scrolling flowers, flanked by Avalokiteshavara and Vajrapani holding the vajra in his right hand and below another six bodhisattvas flanking a pond from which a lotus is rising, in brocade mounting, framed
Old European private collection - Traces of age, wear