1919,0101,0.9

Description

Scope and content : Ch. lxi. 009. Silk painting representing Kṣitigarbha as Patron of Travellers, Regent of Hell, and Lord of the Six Gati, with attendants and donors. Of indigo blue silk, much broken, and on all edges incomplete; colour however well preserved. For other representations, see under *Ch. 0021. Kṣ. sits on vermilion lotus, L. leg pendent resting on small lotus, R. bent across. R. hand holds beggar’s staff; L. raised and held outwards empty, palm uppermost, second and third fingers bent up. Dress: gamboge under-robe with vermilion border, and mantle of mottled indigo, yellow, and vermilion with maroon border, while traveller’s shawl of maroon, sprinkled like robe borders with gilded diamonds, drapes head and shoulders. Face and breast gilded, but hands, arms, and feet painted light red.