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(painting no. 353)

Collection: Shelley & Donald Rubin
Origin: Tibet
Date: 1600-1699
Size: 81x62cm (32x24.5in)
Paint: Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line
Ground Material: Cotton


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Amitabha ('od dpag med) in his Pure Land Sukhavati (bde ba can), surrounded by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara (spyan ras gzigs), Samantabhadra (kun tu bzang po), and one hundred representations of Amitayus (tshe dpag med).

I. Main figure a. Name: Amitabha ('od dpag med)

M. Ricard 1/98

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: "I bow down to the Pure Land of Amitabha"

Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: 'od dpag med zhing bkod la phyag 'tshal lo


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