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TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A painting of Shakyamuni Buddha
Tibet, 18th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus blossom with his hands in bhumisparshamudra, clad in a heavy sanghati draped over his left shoulder, the face with bow-shaped mouth and elongated eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes and backed by a nimbus, with Amitabha at top flanked by Lokeshvara and Green Tara, with a table of offerings at bottom flanked by Atisha and Dromton
28½ x 19¾ in. (72.4 x 50.2 cm.)
Tibet, 18th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus blossom with his hands in bhumisparshamudra, clad in a heavy sanghati draped over his left shoulder, the face with bow-shaped mouth and elongated eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes and backed by a nimbus, with Amitabha at top flanked by Lokeshvara and Green Tara, with a table of offerings at bottom flanked by Atisha and Dromton
28½ x 19¾ in. (72.4 x 50.2 cm.)
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 23383
Exhibited
Journey to Tibet, Lotusland, Montecito, California, 26 July 1998