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TIBET, 18TH CENTURY Image 25 7/8 x 16 ? (65.7 x 42.5 cm.); mounted 53 1/8 x 29 ? (134.9 x 74.3 cm.)
This painting is from a larger three-painting set depicting the sixteen arhats, attendant Dharmatala, and the Chinese monk Hvashang. The present painting depicts the Indian adepts (in clockwise order), Abheda, Angaja, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, Kalika, and Ajita, each labeled by Tibetan inscriptions. The composition is executed in a style often referred to New Menri, introduced through the Panchen Lama’s court in the seventeenth century. Therein, people took on more lifelike forms, and compositional asymmetry was introduced with more complex landscapes reminiscent of Chinese landscape paintings.
This finely-executed example of the New Menri style includes a surprising number of vignette-like details throughout, including an image of the historical Buddha performing the miracle of defeating Mara’s demons, just prior to his moment of enlightenment.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24529.