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PROPERTY FROM THE MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART, This exquisite painting is executed with precise brush strokes and
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM FUNDS bold, shaded colors that imbue it with a sense of bounding energy
and uplift. Meanwhile each arhat is portrayed with a distinct
8014 personality: an introspective Ajita, a magnanimous generous Kalika,
A THANGKA FROM AN ARHAT SERIES and an alert Vajriputra.
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Distemper on cloth, mounted with silks; recto with identifying The asymmetrical grassy landscape, and the ruyi-shaped clouds
Tibetan inscriptions in gold; verso with Tibetan invocations in red. with thumbnail-like indentations, indicate an Eastern Tibet style shared
24 1/4 x 17 1/8in (61.7 x 43.5cm) image; by two examples published in Jackson, The Place of Provenance,
46 3/4 x 29 1/8in (119 x 74cm) with silks New York, 2012, pp.101 & 124, figs. 5.12 & 6.10.
$3,000 - 5,000
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