Artwork Details

Title
Ekajati
Dimensions
73 1/2 × 38 5/8 × 1/2 in.
Medium
Pigments on cloth
Origin
Bhutan
Classification(s)
paintings
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
Object number
C2006.42.10
HAR Number
89181
Published references
* Sotheby's, The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings. New York: March 28, 2006. Lot 126* Hugo E. Kreijger, Tibetan Painting, The Jucker Collection. Boston: Shambhala, 2001. p. 131, no. 49* Maki, Ariana. ôIn the DragonÆs Wake: Bhutanese Art in the RMA Collection" Arts of Asia 40, no. 2 (2010): Fig. 15, pp. 112.* Faller, Susanne. Dissertation, May 2018. pp. 285. https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/81957

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