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THREE PAINTINGS OF ARHATS

TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

The frst (top left) of Rahula seated in orange and blue robes

holding a jeweled crown, backed by a nimbus, surrounded

by birds, a vase and an attendant, set in a verdant landscape

with mountains in the background; the second (top right)

of Vanavasin seated with orange robes draped over his left

shoulder, his right hand in vitarkamudra and the other holding

a peacock pan, with animals in the foreground and a palace in

the background, set within a rocky green landscape; the third

(left) of Kanakabharadvaja, seated with his hands folded in his

lap in meditation, his expression backed by a nimbus, set in a

verdant landscape with mountains in the background

Opaque pigments and gold on textile

22º x 15º in. (56.5 x 38.7 cm.), the largest (3)

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, acquired in New
York, 25 February - 1 September 1997
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004

PUBLISHED:

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item nos. 253,
567 and 256

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