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116 PROVENANCE:
A PAINTING OF FOUR ARHATS: KANAKAVATSA, VAJRIPUTRA,
KANAKABHARADVAJA AND BHADRA The Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, acquired from Joseph
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY Gerena, New York, 14 October 1998
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006
Each wearing multi-colored robes and backed by a faming green
halo, accompanied by an attendant and identifed by an inscription, PUBLISHED:
all set in a rich green and gold landscape
Opaque pigments and gold on textile Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 764
30º x 21º in. (76.8 x 54 cm.)
Seated on a cushion at upper left is Kanakavatsa, the seventh Great
$20,000-30,000 Arhat, holding a long jeweled lasso, which was a gift from the nagas.
At upper right is Vajriputra, the eighth Great Arhat, seated on silks and
holding a fywhisk. At lower left is Kanakabharadvaja, the ffth Great
Arhat, seated on a low throne with his hands folded in meditation in his
lap. At lower right is Bhadra, seated over a pile of leaves, with his hand
held in a gesture of explication.