1919,0101,0.50

Description

Scope and content : h. 0074. Silk painting with Tib. inscr. representing Avalokiteśvara (?) with attendants and donors. Broken top and bottom; much faded; rent across middle sewn together in antiquity; frs. of silk border preserved at sides. Picture probably shows a simple form of Sukhāvatī, Avalok. taking place of Buddha Amitābha. He is seated with legs interlocked on lotus raised on rectang. stepped pedestal behind altar; hands within each other in lap, with tips of thumbs touching; no Dhyāni-buddha. In front small tank with duck and crane (?) standing on rocks; on either side of pedestal conventional white lion. Above is canopy, but no celestial buildings.