A THANGKA DEPICTING BUDDHA AMITABHA IN THE WESTERN PARADISE, TIBET, 18th ct., 70 x 45 cm, in brocade mounting. The centre depicting the Western Paradise with Buddha Amitabha seated in vajrasana on a lotus base placed on an elaborate throne within a pavilion, both hands supporting the alms-bowl, wearing monastic garment, his face displaying a serene expression, to his front placed the eight bodhisattvas and four worshippers, the upper register with Atisha flanked by two lamas and the lower register with Sadbhujamahakala flanked by Shri Devi and possibly Gesar - Property from a German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 1990 - Wear and traces of age