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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 fywhisk, with an
attendant fgure behind holding a fan, backed by white clouds and a tree with various fgures
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 19Ω in. (68.6 x 49.5 cm.)

$25,000-35,000

PROVENANCE:

The Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, acquired 5 October 1998
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006

PUBLISHED:

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 711