Description
Rollbild (Patua).
Gouache on canvas, probably Cambodia, c. 1900. Approx. 156 x 78 cm. Buddha enthroned with bhumisparsha mudra - touch the earth gesture - in a palace a. garden architecture, surrounded by other enlightened beings, below Buddha standing at the foot of the stairway to heaven, surrounded by floating musicians, below Buddha enthroned, surrounded by praying people on the left a. praying monks on the right. Similar to the Tibetan thangka. - Traces of creasing a. stronger abrasions, so that the lower 23 cm are only very faintly to not at all recognizable a. cracked, also the text below the throne barely recognizable. The loops for the bars renewed above and below. R
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