Amitayus Buddha
(item no. 91005)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Uncertain Lineage

38.10x27.94cm (15x11in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Erie Art Museum


 
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Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Life).

Amitayus Tibetan: Tse pag me

Peaceful in appearance, red in colour, with one face and two hands in meditation holding a vase of long-life nectar. At the top center is the Lama Tsongkapa accompanied by two students. At the bottom left is the goddess Ushnishavijaya, white, with three faces and eight hands. At the right side is the goddess White Tara with one face and two hands adorned with eyes on the palms and soles of the feet.

Jeff Watt 9-2000


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