1919,0101,0.203

Description

Scope and content : Ch. i. 0014. Linen painting with Chin. inscr., representing Paradise of Amitābha (?), in simplified form, with donors. Linen band across top and bottom, with suspension loops at top. A. sits on lotus with Bodhisattva on either side; R. hand in vitarka-mudrā, L. below it with red lotus bud (?) in palm; flesh shaded with brown. Canopy on trees above; altar in front with kneeling Bodhisattva on either side; no lake. Accessories and general treatment as in silk Paradise paintings; cf. especially Ch. xlvi. 008. Donors as in *Ch. 00102, etc. Colouring red, olive-green, true green, yellow, light and dark grey. Lozenge border round whole of picture. For interpretation, see Petrucci, Appendix E, III. iv. (Complete) 2′ 11″ × 1′ 8″.