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A PAINTING OF ARHAT KANAKABHARADVAJA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAINTING OF ARHAT KANAKABHARADVAJA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
The elder seated in dhyanasana on a bed of green leaves, wearing red and orange robes with gold geometric designs, the serene expression gazing downward right with a wispy beard and mustache surrounded by a green halo, backed by a blue cushion with gold pattern, with a table and kneeling monk to his left, a figure with a tiger by a flowing river in the foreground, with Tsongkhapa at top center
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
23 ¾ x 15 ½ in. (60.3 x 39.4 cm.)
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
The elder seated in dhyanasana on a bed of green leaves, wearing red and orange robes with gold geometric designs, the serene expression gazing downward right with a wispy beard and mustache surrounded by a green halo, backed by a blue cushion with gold pattern, with a table and kneeling monk to his left, a figure with a tiger by a flowing river in the foreground, with Tsongkhapa at top center
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
23 ¾ x 15 ½ in. (60.3 x 39.4 cm.)
Provenance
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, acquired in New York, 11 August 1997
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 293
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Sandhya Jain-Patel