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A PAINTING OF ARHAT BAKULA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAINTING OF ARHAT BAKULA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Bakula seated on a green stepped throne at top left, holding a string of beads, with a beard and short-cropped hair, an attendant figure behind to his left, within a rock arch flanked by a tree and Nagasena to the top right, with Ajita at bottom left and Bharadvaja at bottom right, the figure's name written below each in Tibetan, all set within a green landscape
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
20 ¼ x 13 ¾ in. (51.4 x 34.9 cm.)
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Bakula seated on a green stepped throne at top left, holding a string of beads, with a beard and short-cropped hair, an attendant figure behind to his left, within a rock arch flanked by a tree and Nagasena to the top right, with Ajita at bottom left and Bharadvaja at bottom right, the figure's name written below each in Tibetan, all set within a green landscape
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
20 ¼ x 13 ¾ in. (51.4 x 34.9 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. 378
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Sandhya Jain-Patel