A thangka of Amitabha Buddha


Tibet, 18th/19th centuryDepicting the red Amitayus in the centre within the Pure Land, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, both hands holding an alms bowl, surrounded by the Bodhisattvas, Tibetan teachers and monks, distemper on cloth.Image 66cm x 43.5cm, and mounted on brocade
|Provenance: Gifted to the vendor's father by Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006), and thence by descent.Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. He is best known for his autobiographical book Seven Years in Tibet, 1952, which describes his experience as a salaried government official in Tibet during the years of World War II.