Item: Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder)

Tibetan: གནས་བརྟན། Chinese: 罗汉

(item no. 91046)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Uncertain
Size	66.04x46.99cm (26x18.50in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Erie Art Museum

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Ajita, Arhat, at the upper left, with the head covered and the hands in the mudra (gesture) of meditation. Angaja: upper right, holding an upraised flywhisk in the left hand. Kalika: lower left, holding a pair of earrings. Vajriputra: lower right, performing the mudra of teaching with the right hand and holding a flywhisk in the left.

Jeff Watt 10-2000