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A PAINTING OF TWO ARHATS
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A PAINTING OF TWO ARHATS
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The two arhats seated on cushions on a verdant ground, each in brightly colored robes, and backed by a red nimbus, the elder sage on the left seated aside a flowing river and lush landscape and the figure on the right seated in front of a flowering shrub and multi-peaked mountain against a red cloud, an attendant holding an umbrella standing between the two, with monks and a mystic standing in the foreground and two pairs of seated Buddhas on the upper left and right corners
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
26 ½ x 24 in. (67.3 x 61 cm.)
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The two arhats seated on cushions on a verdant ground, each in brightly colored robes, and backed by a red nimbus, the elder sage on the left seated aside a flowing river and lush landscape and the figure on the right seated in front of a flowering shrub and multi-peaked mountain against a red cloud, an attendant holding an umbrella standing between the two, with monks and a mystic standing in the foreground and two pairs of seated Buddhas on the upper left and right corners
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
26 ½ x 24 in. (67.3 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
Rubin Museum of Art, acquired in New York, 26 February 2004
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 65321
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Sandhya Jain-Patel