1919,0101,0.168*

Description

Scope and content : Paper painting showing Bodhisattva with Tib. inscr., of same series as preceding and Ch. 00401; complete and in good condition, though stained in places. For Tib. inscription giving name of Bodhisattva, see Dr. Barnett’s note in App. K. Bodhisattva of ‘Indian’ type seated on yellow lotus with feet all but crossed; R. hand in vitarka-mudrā at breast; L. horizontal below it, as though supporting some object, but nothing is represented. Face of ferocious aspect with large black eyes, frowning eyebrows, wide thin mouth, and small moustache and beard. Hair black, in top-knot, and in ringlets on shoulders; flesh faintly coloured with pink; garments touched with pink, crimson, and olivegreen, jewellery uncoloured. Behind are oval halo and vesica; latter uncoloured, former deep yellow, and both edged with flame. Above a simple canopy, and on either side discs of Sun and Moon: Moon on Btva.’s R., all paint lost; Sun on his L., containing the bird. Latter has been touched up and in process has been given only two legs, but third visible below. Inscr. is written across bottom of painting; see below. 1′ 4¾″ × 1′ 0¼″. Thousand Buddhas, Pl. XXXII.