Origin Location | Tibet |
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Date Range | 1600 - 1699 |
Lineages | Gelug |
Size | 114.30x66.04cm (45x26in) |
Material | Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton |
Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
Catalogue # | acc.# P1996.6.2 |
Classification: Person
Appearance: Arhat
Gender: Male
Two of the Sixteen Arhats. At the top is the seventh in the group, Kanakavatsa, and below that is the ninth, Bakula.
[7] "In the excellent land of Kashmir is the noble elder Kanakavatsa, surrounded by five hundred arhats; homage to the one holding a jewel lasso."
[9] "On the northern [continent] of Kuru is the noble elder Bakula, surrounded by nine hundred arhats; homage to the one holding a mongoose with the two hands." (Buddhist liturgical verse).
Jeff Watt 8-2007