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103 PROVENANCE:
A PAINTING OF ARHAT SHRIBHADRA
EASTERN TIBET, 19TH CENTURY The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, acquired in
New York, 11 August 1997
Bhadra the Elder seated in dhyanasana atop a mass of green leaves on a rocky Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
bench, clad in red patchwork robes, his right hand raised in vitarkamudra,
his serene expression surrounded by a dark blue nimbus and back by a pink PUBLISHED:
aureole, a bowl flled with medicinal herbs placed in the center foreground,
one fgure kneeling to his right offering a precious jewel, a monk to his below Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 292
right wearing red and orange robes, with the fowing Yamuna river and a pair
of deer in the foreground, with Green Tara at top center
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
23æ x 15Ω in. (60.3 x 39.4 cm.)
$25,000-35,000
