A painting of Arhat Abheda

TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

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A painting of Arhat Abheda
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century
Seated on an ornate wooden chair with his feet resting on a low plinth, holding a small stupa radiating light, dressed in heavy patchwork robes with ornate hems, the goateed face in profile with pursed lips, hooked nose and heavy brow, with a bald pate, surrounded by attendant figures and lushly painted peacocks set amidst a rocky landscape
40½ x 24¾ in. (102.8 x 62.8 cm.)

Provenance

Estate of Mr. Fong Chow, New York, acquired from Sotheby's New York, 24 September 1997, lot 309

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Lot Essay

The iconography and inscriptions help to identify the subject of this painting as Abheda, the 16th and final arhat in the group of Sixteen Great Arhats, the first disciples of the Gautama Buddha. This painting would have likely been part of a set with Shakyamuni Buddha and the fifteen other arhats, each as the subject of a single composition. The inscriptions translate as "Homage to Abheda."

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