A SILK THANGKA DEPICTING AMITAYUS CHINA, QING DYNASTY, DATED 7TH YEAR OF JIAQING, CORRESPONDING TO 1802

the deity seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus throne with tiered rectangular base adorned with peacocks, wearing the five-pointed crown, with jatamukata with jeweled finial, wearing elaborate jewelry and holding a jivana-kalasha, surrounded by a retinue of celestial beings, emanations, and flanked by Avalokiteshvara at left and Vajrasattva at right, with a host of supplicants and precious offerings in the lower register, framed in a textile mount

Private Florida collection, acquired 1960s or earlier.

Surface abrasions, creasing and wear, some losses to pigment and water staining overall. Areas of in-painting, in blue halo behind the central figure, inscription now separated and enclosed in the frame with brocade textile mount. Not examined outside of frame.
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Inscribed on verso in Tibetan, Manchu, Chinese and Mongolian, and dated 1802 by inscription. The Tibetan inscription reads: 

On the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the seventh year of [the] Jiajing [period], a lama-artist from Zhongzhen Hall painted an image of the blessed Tsepame by official decree. In Manchu he is called Mohun Akhu Drala Phunga Phu Chihi; in Mongolian he is called Dragla Shi Ughe Nasu Thupur Han, [and] in Chinese he is called Duwu Liang She'u Pho.