Chinese Painting Depicting Buddha and Attendants, Framed

A deity on a lotus, flanked by attendants floating in cloud.

This framed painting from China, dated to the late 19th or early 20th century, depicts Buddha and attendants in pigment on silk, set in a rosewood frame. Buddhist images of this kind are commonly associated with devotion and temple or household use. A central seated figure with a halo and green and pink robes presides at the top. Below, a crowd of smaller figures, some armed and others robed, gather among golden clouds and rock. The background is dark and the colors are soft and slightly faded.

About forty-two inches tall and twenty-one wide. It has a calm authority that fills a hallway.