Artwork Details

Title
Nagarjuna and Aryadeva (After Situ Panchen’s (1700-1774) set of the Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones)
Dimensions
33 7/8 x 24 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (86 x 63.2 x 5.7 cm)
Medium
Pigments on cloth
Origin
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet
Classification(s)
paintings
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Object number
C2006.66.167
HAR Number
174
Published references
* Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A.F. Thurman. Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art and Wisdom of Compassion. (New York: Tibet House, 1999). Fig. 24; Cat. 40; Pp. 117, 211-212.* Karl Debreczeny, "Situ Panchen's Artistic Legacy in 'Jang." Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies. no. 7 (August 2013): 193-276. http://www.thlib.org/collections/texts/jiats/#!jiats=/07/debreczeny/ Fig. 13; pp. 217-18.* Debreczeny, Karl. The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of the Tenth Karmapa. New York: The Rubin Museum of Art, 2012, pp. 265-266. (Fig. 9.12)* Karl Debreczeny, "Wutaishan: Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain." Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Issue 6 (Dec 2011): 1-133, p. 82, Cat37. http://www.thlib.org/collections/texts/jiats/#!jiats=/06/debreczeny/ * Karl Debreczeny, Palace Museum Journal 2011, 101-139, fig. 18, p. 112-113. [entirely in Chinese]* Karl Debreczeny, [Collected Essays of Western Naxi Studies] 2013, pp. 165-237; pp. 179-80, Fig. 17, p. 227.* Li ai (Rhie Marylin M.), and Wanzhang Ge. 1998. Cang chuan fo jiao yi shu de mei xue,nian dai yu feng ge. Ci Bei Yu Zhi Hui = Wisdom and Compassion: the Sacred Art of Tibet : Cang Chuan Fo Jiao Yi Shu Da Zhan , [1]. Tai bei shi: Zhuan zhe, p. 42

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