The panel shows a standing Buddha beneath a blue parasol, flanked on both sides by a disciple and a boddhisattva. Donors are depicted below. The Buddha is standing on a lotus pedestal. The body is enveloped in an almond-shaped aureole (mandorla), which at the head touches upon a nimbus.
The main outlines and contours of the figures were first drawn in ink on the silk ground material. Then the lines were delineated in blue and in some parts brown silk, using split stitch. Afterwards the main parts of the designs were filled in with floss silks of various colours, using satin stitch.
British Museum online catalogue (retrieved 21 August 2016).
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