thangka #18
Description after Linrothe:
Type of Object: thangka painting on cloth mounted in cloth;
Materials & Techniques: painting with pigments;
Measurements: 70 x 46 cm painting only; 176 x 69.5 cm including cloth mounting;
Title: Amitabha in Sukhavati Paradise (Dewachen);
Subject: illustrations of the Western Pure Land, people being reborn there; scenes framed around the central Amitabha figure;
Date or Period: late 19th or early 20th c.;
Maker: local painter;
Where Kept: gzim chung chung ba hall.
