Indian Adept (siddha) - (multiple figures)

肃火斤

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

67x50.50cm (26.38x19.88in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Barbara and Walter Frey

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Arhat (Buddhist Elder) - (multiple figures)

Tibet

1600 - 1699

Buddhist Lineage

86.50x52.50cm (34.06x20.67in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Barbara and Walter Frey

Vanavasin, Bhadra, Kalika, Kanaka Bharadvaja and Vajriputra from a set of paintings depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Great Arhats. It is likely from a set of five paintings. Included in the composition are a group of sixteen siddhas from the larger group of Eighty-four Mahasiddhas according to the system of Vajrasana.

At the top of the composition are the siddhas: Ghantapa, (?), Saraha, Shantipa, Naropa, Lingbupa, Dharmakirti, Shavaripa, Buddhajnana, Indrabhuti, Madhapa, Parashu, Lawapa, Kotalipa, Tilopa, and Dharikapa.

The Arhat at the center is Bhadra with the right shoulder bare and the right hand upraised performing a gesture. At the viewers left is Vanavasin performing a gesture with the right hand and holding a fly-whisk with the left. On the right side is Kalika and holding a ring in each hand. At the bottom left, with part of the upper robe covering the head, is Kanaka Bharadvaja with the hands placed in the lap. On the right is Vajriputra with the right hand performing a gesture and the left holding up a fan decorated with peacock feathers.

In this painting set depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats the lower portion of the composition actually presents the arhats. The second subject of the composition, the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas, dominate the top half of each painting. (See other painting examples depicting combined subjects and number sets).

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Shakyamuni Buddha - Shakyamuni

Tibet

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Robert and Lois Baylis

Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya thu pa. English: Sage of the Shakya Clan) along with the Sixteen Arhats, Two Attendants and the Four Guardians of the Directions.

At the top left is Dipamkara Buddha; the buddha of the past. At the top right is Maitreya; the buddha of the future. At the bottom left is Arya Nagarjuna the founder of the Madyamaka system of Buddhist philosophy. At the bottom right is Arya Asanga the founder of the Yogacharya system of Buddhist philosophy.

Arhat (Tibetan: ne tan): a Sanskrit term for Buddhist saints representing the earliest followers of the Buddha, always found in a group of sixteen, they are painted on cloth, wall murals, and fashioned of metal, stone, clay, or wood. An early iconographic source for the individual descriptions of the arhats is the verse text Praise to the Sixteen Arhats attributed to the Kashmiri teacher Shakyashri Bhadra of the 12th/13th century.

The full group of arhats always has twenty-five figures: the Buddha Shakyamuni, together with the two foremost disciples - Shariputra and Maudgalyayana, the sixteen Arhats, the attendant Dharmata, the patron Hvashang and the Four Guardians of the Directions; Vaishravana, Virupaksha, Dhritarashtra and Virudhaka. In all an extensive set of paintings would comprise twenty-three individual paintings. The two foremost disciples are always portrayed in the same painted composition with Buddha Shakyamuni.

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Pantaka, Nagasena, Gopaka and Abheda.

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Robert and Lois Baylis

肃火斤

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Bhadra, Vajriputra, Kanakabharadvaja, and Kanakavatsa.

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Robert and Lois Baylis

肃火斤

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Rahula, Bakula, Chudapantaka and Pindola Bharadvaja.

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Robert and Lois Baylis

肃火斤

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Ajita, Angaja, Kalika and Vanavasin.

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Robert and Lois Baylis

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Dharmatala and two Guardian Kings.

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Hvashang and two Guardian Kings.

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Pantaka, Nagasena, Pantaka and Abheda Arhats

Pantaka, Nagasena, Pantaka and Abheda Arhats: from a seven painting set.

At the upper left is Pantaka holding a book in the right hand. On the right is Nagasena holding a vase and a monk's staff; seated in a relaxed posture. At the lower left is Gopaka holding a book with both hands. At the lower right is Abheda holding a stupa reliquary.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

60.33x43.18cm (23.75x17in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

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Tibet

1600 - 1699

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Arhat (Buddhist Elder) - (multiple figures)
(item no. 65609)
Himalayan Region

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

肃火斤

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Arhat (Buddhist Elder) - (multiple figures)
(item no. 65376)
Tibet

1600 - 1699

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

肃火斤

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Arhat (Buddhist Elder) - (multiple figures)
(item no. 1042)
Tibet

1600 - 1699

Uncertain Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin

肃火斤

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Ajita, Rahula and Pindola Bharadvaja

Arhat (Buddhist Elder) - (multiple figures)
(item no. 704)
Tibet

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground: Cotton

Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin

Ajita, Rahula and Pindola Bharadvaja (or Chudapantaka): from a set of seven or nine paintings depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats traveling to the court of the Chinese Emperor. In this painting three arhats are depicted riding on the back of a giant carp fish. In the full composition other arhats are riding tigers, water monsters, turtles or floating on lotus petals.