Painting of the Buddha Amithaba

Painting of the Buddha Amithaba with ten disciples, four Bodhisattvas, and the Guardian Kings of the four directions. Behind Amithaba and to his left and right are two Buddha figures, with disciples top left and right. Immediately on the right of Amithaba is Kasyapa, with Ananda in a corresponding position on the left. To the right of Kasyapa is the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. To the left of Ananda is Jijang, the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. Standing at the front are four Bodhisattvas. On the extreme centre left of the painting is Vaisravana, Guardian King of the North, with below him another Guardian King. The other two Guardian Kings are on the right in corresponding positions.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn19334
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 1275 mm x 1755 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
pigment; textile
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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