A Painting of Buddha 17th/18th century Ink and color on silk, laid down on board and framed; depicting the Buddha seated on a multi-tiered plinth attired in elaborate monastic robes of dragons and square panels, holding his left hand in karana/tarjani mudra while his right rests on his lap in dhyana mudra, his body encircled by intricately rendered mandorlas amid flying apsaras and celestial clouds and canopies. 61 3/4in (156.9cm) visible height of image exclusive of frame Fußnoten This work, like a similar depiction of Vairocana offered in these rooms as lot 1016 in sale 24265 of 18 December 2017, was likely created for a 'Water-Land Assembly,' an originally Tantric ritual described as a 'plenary mass' that became 'an important part of the Buddhist establishment's continuing and remarkably successful effort to maintain its influence in the face of competition from Daoism, Confucianism, and popular beliefs.' See Weidner et al, Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism 850-1850 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1994), 280-281.
A Painting of Buddha 17th/18th century Ink and color on silk, laid down on board and framed; depicting the Buddha seated on a multi-tiered plinth attired in elaborate monastic robes of dragons and square panels, holding his left hand in karana/tarjani mudra while his right rests on his lap in dhyana mudra, his body encircled by intricately rendered mandorlas amid flying apsaras and celestial clouds and canopies. 61 3/4in (156.9cm) visible height of image exclusive of frame Fußnoten This work, like a similar depiction of Vairocana offered in these rooms as lot 1016 in sale 24265 of 18 December 2017, was likely created for a 'Water-Land Assembly,' an originally Tantric ritual described as a 'plenary mass' that became 'an important part of the Buddhist establishment's continuing and remarkably successful effort to maintain its influence in the face of competition from Daoism, Confucianism, and popular beliefs.' See Weidner et al, Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism 850-1850 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1994), 280-281.
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