Amitayus (buddha)
(item no. 112)

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Uncertain Lineage

69.22x48.26cm (27.25x19in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1995.9.1)

 


Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Life). Yellow in colour, with one face and two hands in the meditation mudra (gesture) he holds a long-life vase in the lap. 190 images of Buddha Shakyamuni surround the central figure.

Amitayus Tibetan: Tse pag me

Jeff Watt 9-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VI
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus, Sambhogakaya Buddha
1700 - 1799 (18th Century) Part I



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