A SET OF EIGHT THANGKA OF ARHATS AND LOKAPLA WITH INSCRIBED IMPORTANT MONASTERIES

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Tibet, Drikung School, a branch of the Kagyu tradition, 19th c.
Je ca. 40 x 30 cm, R.
The Arhat Ajita, Sthavira Ajita (Tib. Mapamba). The second of the sixteen Arhats - The Arhat Vanavasin.
Sthavira Vanavāsin (Tib. Nagnana), the third of the sixteen Sthaviras - The Arhat Kanakavatsa Sthavira Kanakavatsa (Tib. Sserbe'u), the seventh of the sixteen Sthaviras - The Arhat Rahula Sthavira Rāhulabhadra (Tib. Dradschendsin Sangpo), the tenth of the sixteen Sthaviras - The Arhat Cudapanthaka Sthavira Cūdapanthaka (Tib. Lamtrendren), the eleventh of the sixteen Sthaviras - The Arhat Mahapanthaka - Sthavira Panthaka (Tib. Lamdän), the thirteenth of the sixteen Sthaviras - The World Guardian Virupaksha - The World Guardian Dhrtarashtra. Tempera and gold on cotton cloth; framed. For detailed descriptions of the scenes see the online version of this catalogue.
Important southern German private collection, acquired at Schoettle Ostasiatica before 2000
Publ. David P. Jackson, Painting Traditions of the Drikung Kagyu School; Rubin Museum of Art, New York, pp. 147 - 149 - Traces of age

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