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Thangka with Amitayus

1600s
painting on fabric
Image: 68.6 x 67.6 cm (27 x 26 5/8 in.); Framed: 99.1 x 87.6 cm (39 x 34 1/2 in.)
Gift of Walter H. Drew 1991.1081
Location: not on view
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This thangka includes a series of donor portraits of Hindu laypeople from Rajasthan, who sponsored this painting for a Buddhist temple. It is from a fascinating moment in Nepalese history when Nepal was governed by the Rajput Gurkha clan.
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Thangka with Amitayus

1600s

Nepal

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