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Chinese

Amitabha Buddha Enthroned under a Canopy, 1609

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese

Title

Amitabha Buddha Enthroned under a Canopy

Year

1609

Medium

ink, color, and gold on silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink,
  • gold

Supports

  • open plain-weave silk

Dimensions

197.5 cm (77 13/16 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

The inscription in the upper right corner reads: "Ta Ming Wanli si you [1609] Cisheng huang taihou hui jin" ("presented by the Cisheng Imperial Empress Dowager in the si you year of the reign of the g

Place

China

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

18.093

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Amitabha Buddha Enthroned under a Canopy with the accession number of 18.093. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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