Amitabha
(item no. 90723)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Tibet House, New York


 


Amitabha Buddha (Tibetan: o pa me, sang gye, English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Light).

Amitabha, red in colour, is seated in front of a large palace with Avalokiteshvara at the left and Vajrapani at the right, the remaining 6 bodhisattvas sit in front. Karma Kagyu lineage masters sit at the sides.

Jeff Watt 2-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Tibet House: New York (Repatriation)
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha, Nirmanakaya Buddha
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan



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