The Arhat Vanavasin
Former TitleThe Arhat Vajriputra
CultureTibeto-Chinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumThangka; colors on cotton with brocade mount
DimensionsImage: 34 3/16 × 22 7/16 inches (86.84 × 56.99 cm)
Mount: 35 3/4 × 25 5/16 inches (90.81 × 64.29 cm)
Framed: 64 1/2 × 36 1/8 inches (163.83 × 91.76 cm)
Mount: 35 3/4 × 25 5/16 inches (90.81 × 64.29 cm)
Framed: 64 1/2 × 36 1/8 inches (163.83 × 91.76 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-264
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Exhibition HistorySiamese and Tibetan Paintings and Bronzes, Norfolk Society of Arts, VA, November 7–28, 1948, no. 28 as Lohan, in red and orange robes with red halo and holding a septre.
Sacred Images of Tibet, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, August 20–October 15, 1989, no cat.
With Yung Ku Chai, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by April 4, 1934;
Purchased from Yung Ku Chai, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934.
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