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Painted Tibetan thangka of the seated Buddha Amoghasiddhi at center, surrounded by bodhisattvas, lotus seats, and small deities on a red background.

Buddha Amoghasiddhi with Eight Bodhisattvas

A seated Buddha with dark green skin sits in meditation on a striped red and gold cushion, flanked by standing and seated bodhisattvas in gold and red robes. Stacked lotus seats and a row of small deities in arched niches frame the composition on a red ground, painted in distemper on cloth.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1200–50
Medium
Distemper on cloth
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3071 × 3704 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1260).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Philanthropic Fund Gift, 1991

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