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A PAINTING OF ARHAT VANAVASIN
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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A PAINTING OF ARHAT VANAVASIN
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Vanavasin seated at center on a blanket, clad in heavy multi-colored patchwork robes, with his right hand in the gesture of vitarkamudra and his left hand holding a flywhisk, with an attendant figure behind holding a fan, backed by white clouds and a tree with various figures above, with an attendant monk holding a black vessel in the foreground and a seated lion holding a dharmachakra on a multi-tiered base, all set within a verdant and cloudy landscape
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
27 x 19 ½ in. (68.6 x 49.5 cm.)
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Vanavasin seated at center on a blanket, clad in heavy multi-colored patchwork robes, with his right hand in the gesture of vitarkamudra and his left hand holding a flywhisk, with an attendant figure behind holding a fan, backed by white clouds and a tree with various figures above, with an attendant monk holding a black vessel in the foreground and a seated lion holding a dharmachakra on a multi-tiered base, all set within a verdant and cloudy landscape
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
27 x 19 ½ in. (68.6 x 49.5 cm.)
Provenance
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, acquired 5 October 1998
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 711
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Sandhya Jain-Patel