Panel de cerámica "Encuentro en el estanque de lotos", s.XX Glazed porcelain plate with enameled decorations. It shows a scene known in Buddhist culture as the encounter in the lotus pond with the great Buddha Amitabha, represented in the center with two beautiful Bodhisattvas, all of them covered by long robes and with celestial halos on their heads. The plaque is arranged on a carved wooden stand with openwork details of lotuses and branches. Size s: 60,5 x 21 x 34,7 cm

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