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A THANKGKA DEPICTING MAITREYA, Himalaya, 18th / 19th century
h cm 137 x l cm 75,5
Depicted at the center of his celestial palace in the Tushita paradise, seated in padmasana on a lotus throne, hands in dharmachakramudra; his body jewel-red and crowned, behind him on lotus stems bloom a Dharma wheel and a vase containing the nectar of long life; flanking him are the bodhisattvas Atisha and Tsongkhapa to his right and left, while all around are an array of divinities and lamas.
Catalog Notes:
Maitreya (in Tibetan Byams-pa) is the bodhisattva who will be the Buddha of the next cosmic age.
For a thangka with the same iconography, see Sotheby's, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, March 17, 2015, New York, lot n° 1011.
喜马拉雅 十八/十九世纪 唐卡
喜马拉雅 十八/十九世纪 唐卡