AN INK PAINTING ON SILK OF MAHASTAMAPRAPTA, MING DYNASTY

AN INK PAINTING ON SILK OF MAHASTAMAPRAPTA

MING DYNASTY

明 大勢至菩薩坐像 設色絹本 裝框



finely painted, the bodhisattva seated on an elaborate lotus throne and pedestal base, with a festooned canopy overhead overlapping with voluminous clouds, the deity's long blue tresses outfitted with a headdress centered by a stylized om medallion, the delicately wrought raised hand holding a decorated ruyi scepter, the body adorned with luxuriant jewelry and patterned robes, and radiating luminous mandorlas, raised on a finely embellished blossoming lotus further supported by a tiered pedestal buttressed by a pair of attendant guardians, mounted and framed

Height 55½ in., 141 cm; Width 25¾ in., 65.4 cm