Thangka

CG94-1-58A

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number CG94-1-58A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 18th Century
Section Asian
Materials Canvas
Technique Painting
Iconography Sthavira | Arhat | Ajita | Vanavāsin | Angaja | Mahākālika | Vajrīputra | Kanaka | Śrībhadra | Kanakavatsa | Virudhaka | Dhritarashtra
Inscription Language Tibetan Language
Description

Painting showing eight of the Sixteen Arhats (Skt. Ṣoḍaśa Sthavirāḥ; Lha. Neten Chudruk; WT gnas.brtan.bcu.drug) and two of the Four Heavenly Kings facing the viewer’s left, presumably originally a set together with CG94-1-58B (showing the other eight facing the viewers’ right) and CG94-1-58C showing Śākyamuni with Hva Shang and Dharmatala. The Arhats and Heavenly Kings are shown with their standard iconographic attributes, and the Arhats are labeled with their names in Tibetan.

Height 77.5 cm
Width 54.5 cm

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