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In style, composition, and quality, the present painting is During Qianlong period, the composition of Buddhist paintings,
undoubtedly the product of the Imperial Buddhist workshops of known as thangka, were prescribed according to iconographic
the Qianlong period. Note the lavish use of gold in the robes and manuals composed by the preeminent Buddhist gurus of the
nimbus of Buddha, as well as in the roofs of the palace behind, court, such as Changkya Rolpe Dorje (1717-1786). Many such
which reference the architecture of the Forbidden City. The lively works, still with brilliant pigments remaining, can be found in the
color palette, with bright pinks, greens and yellows next to deep, collection of The Palace Museum in Beijing; compare, for example,
iridescent blues, is also a notable feature of Qianlong-era Buddhist with a painting of Shakyamuni, illustrated in Cultural Relics of
paintings. Finally, the elegant silk brocade, subtly woven with the Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1992, p.
Eight Buddhist Emblemns, indicates an Imperial commission. 36, fg. 14.1.
清乾隆 藥師佛淨琉璃淨土唐卡
