2173 IMPORTANT AND LARGE THANGKA OF THE SUKHAVATIVYUHA SUTRA WITH AMITAYUS. BEDEUTENDES UND GROSSES THANGKA DES SUKHAVATIVYUHA- SUTRA MIT AMITAYUS. Tibet. 17th/18th c. Colors and gold on fabric, framed with Chinese silks. Amitayus is the visible form of Buddha Amithaba. With both hands holding the amrita receptacle with the nectar of immortality. His mandorla is surrounded by leafy twigs with white flowers amids which 108 (here 110) smaller depictions are sitting. In Tibetan Buddhism 108 is a holy number. It is the product of multiplying the twelve month by the nine planets. In the Greater Sutra of Transcendental Wisdom and Infinite Life (sukhavativyuha sutra) the 108 names of Amitayus are listed. Complete size: 145 x 81cm, image size: 78 x 57cm. Condition B. Creased and rubbed. Supplement: Framed with glass. Provenance: -Private collection Rhineland. Acquired from Tsering Tashi Thingo in the 1980s. 无量寿百尊唐卡 西藏 17/18世紀 画面 78x57cm（145x81cm） 織布設色描金 中式絲綢裝裱 主尊無量寿佛红色身，頭戴五葉冠，身著 天衣，並有头飾、耳环、项链、手镯、 足鐲、腰帶、長瓔珞、短瓔珞等八寶裝 饰。双腿跏趺坐于莲花月轮寶座之上，双 手結禅定印持长寿宝瓶，身后有圆形头光 和蔓绕雪莲枝叶的橢圓形身光。主尊周围 排列著十组110尊小无量壽佛。整幅唐卡 绘製工细，造型严谨莊重。 配镜框。 來源：萊茵地區私人收藏。1980年代直 接购于藏學家 Tsering Tashi Thingo。 € 9.000 - 12.000 | $ 9.810 - 13.080
Katalog 395 | Asiatische Kunst
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