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A PAINTING OF ARHAT KANAKAVATSA A PAINTING OF ARHAT BAKULA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

The arhat seated above on a low throne backed by a red and The arhat Bakula seated in a throne at top left in a red robe and
gold halo, with two unidentifed arhats below similarly depicted, back by a green nimbus, holding a mongoose spewing jewels,
surrounded by worshippers with Rahula seated at top right and two arhats seated below all
Opaque pigments and gold on textile backed by red nimbi, surrounded by various animals, monks and
25Ω x 20æ in. (64.8 x 52.7 cm.) lay people, all set within a verdant landscape with clouds and sky
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
$3,000-5,000 23 x 16º in. (58.4 x 41.3 cm.)

PROVENANCE: $6,000-8,000

The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, acquired in New York, PROVENANCE:
1 September 1996
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004 The Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, acquired in
New York, 1996
PUBLISHED: Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 427 PUBLISHED:

This painting belongs to a seven-painting set of the Shakyamuni Buddha Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 520
with the Sixteen Great Arhats. At upper left is Vajradhara and at middle
right, fanking Kanakavatsa, is Milarepa. The small fgures of Indian monks and scholars at the top left of the
painting belong to the group known as the Six Ornaments and Two
Excellent Ones of the Southern Continent.

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