1919,0101,0.199

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xxi. 006. Painting on fine linen, with remains of brown silk border, showing Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara, seated, with attendants and donors. Figs., accessories, and general treatment as in silk paintings descr. under *Ch. 00223. In R. and L. top corners appear resp. Bodhisattvas of Sun and Moon seated within their red and white discs; but Bva. of Sun here seated on horses, and the Bva. of Moon on geese. Below kneel, on R. ascetic; on L. Nymph of Virtue; former, like the Nāgas upholding A.’s Padmāsana, having crest of serpent heads. Demonic Vajrapāṇis in lower corners, and along bottom row of donors on small scale. They consist of monk, three men, and two men-servants (standing) on R., and a corresponding feminine line on L. Their dress is that of donors in Ch. xx. 005; men’s coats being chocolate, women’s red or brown and yellow. Painting 3′ 5″ × 3′ 4″, border 3¼″. Pl. LXV.