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TWO PAINTINGS OF ARHATS KANAKAVATSA AND GOPAKA
TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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TWO PAINTINGS OF ARHATS KANAKAVATSA AND GOPAKA
TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The first depicting Kanakavatsa seated on a cushion, holding a string of jewels, dressed in multicolored robes, with a bow-shaped mouth and thin moustache, his gaze contemplative and his head with dark cropped hair, backed by a pink nimbus, with attendants in the foreground and set amidst a verdant landscape with waterfalls and flowering trees; the second depicting Gopaka, seated on a thin cushion, holding a book in his hands, and wearing multi-colored billowing robes, his animated expression with open mouth, thin rounded moustache, elongated eyes and dark cropped hair, backed by a pink nimbus, flanked by two attendants in the foreground, Green Tara seated on a cloud above right, with a snow lion peeking out from a cave below, and a building to the left, against a dark blue sky
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
25 ¾ x 21 1/8 in. (65.4 x 53.7 cm.), the larger
TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The first depicting Kanakavatsa seated on a cushion, holding a string of jewels, dressed in multicolored robes, with a bow-shaped mouth and thin moustache, his gaze contemplative and his head with dark cropped hair, backed by a pink nimbus, with attendants in the foreground and set amidst a verdant landscape with waterfalls and flowering trees; the second depicting Gopaka, seated on a thin cushion, holding a book in his hands, and wearing multi-colored billowing robes, his animated expression with open mouth, thin rounded moustache, elongated eyes and dark cropped hair, backed by a pink nimbus, flanked by two attendants in the foreground, Green Tara seated on a cloud above right, with a snow lion peeking out from a cave below, and a building to the left, against a dark blue sky
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
25 ¾ x 21 1/8 in. (65.4 x 53.7 cm.), the larger
Provenance
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, acquired in New York, 14 December 1996
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item nos. 547 and 548
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Sandhya Jain-Patel