Lot Essay
The small figures 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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A PAINTING OF ARHAT BAKULA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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A PAINTING OF ARHAT BAKULA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
The arhat Bakula seated in a throne at top left in a red robe and back by a green nimbus, holding a mongoose spewing jewels, with Rahula seated at top right and two arhats seated below all backed by red nimbi, surrounded by various animals, monks and lay people, all set within a verdant landscape with clouds and sky
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
23 x 16 ¼ in. (58.4 x 41.3 cm.)
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
The arhat Bakula seated in a throne at top left in a red robe and back by a green nimbus, holding a mongoose spewing jewels, with Rahula seated at top right and two arhats seated below all backed by red nimbi, surrounded by various animals, monks and lay people, all set within a verdant landscape with clouds and sky
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
23 x 16 ¼ in. (58.4 x 41.3 cm.)
Provenance
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, acquired in New York, 1996
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2006
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 520
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Sandhya Jain-Patel