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西藏
AN IMPORTANT AND FINELY PAINTED
THANGKA OF LUOHAN, ARHAT KALIKA
十 TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
五
世紀
The painting depicts the Arhat Kalika seated in dhyanasana on a rock before
a halo with a golden earring in his hands, accompanied by a monk on the left
below a small seated figure of Amitayus on the top left corner, shown seated in
絹本彩繪迦理迦尊者唐卡 dhyanasana on a foliate base holding a kalasa, all set in a verdant landscape with
a stream running in the foreground.
40 x 23 in. (101.6 x 58.4 cm.)
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-200,000

PROVENANCE
Donald and Shelley Rubin, founders of the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, acquired
prior to 1992
LITERATURE
Marylin M. Rhie et al., Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, London,
1992, p.414
Robert N. Linrothe, Paradise and Plumage: Chinese Connections in Tibetan Arhat
Painting, New York, 2004, p. 56-59

來源
紐約魯賓藝術博物館創辦人 Donald 及 Shelley Rubin 伉儷珍藏，於 1992 年以前入藏
著錄
Marylin M. Rhie 等編，《Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet》，
倫敦，1992 年，頁 414
Robert N. Linrothe，《Paradise and Plumage: Chinese Connections in Tibetan
Arhat Painting》，紐約，2004 年，頁 56-59

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