Thangka

Native Name:

Thangka

Object Number:

A1092

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Tibetan

Provenience:

Tibet

Section:

Asian

Description:

Central figure of Dharmatratra, one of the 18 luohans, seated in European fashion; peculiar halo, like a horizontal wheel. Two other arhats in upper left and right. Two guardian figures at bottom right: Kubera, left: Virupaskha; rocks in Chinese Style.

Credit Line:

Purchased from W. O. Oldman

Other Number:

9859	-	Other Number
GETZ 283	-	Other Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914)

Bibliography:

[Article] Bishop, C. W. 1914. Tibetan Sacred Art. The Museum Journal. Volume V (No. 4): 189-205. : Page/Fig./Plate: 189-205

[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 13

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