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Source Description
Children play around the portly Hvashang, who holds a lemon. A Tibetan addition to an old group of sixteen Buddhist saints, Hvashang was thought by some to have lived in China around the 14th century. Below him are two of the kings of the four quarters of space. They serve as protectors in Hvashang's spiritual quest, in which he is directed by the figures above--a Buddha (Akshobhya) and a Bodhisattva (Maitreya). Origianlly this painting was part of a set that included all sixteen saints.
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Document identity
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23740
label
Hvashang
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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23740
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Hvashang
description
Children play around the portly Hvashang, who holds a lemon. A Tibetan addition to an old group of sixteen Buddhist saints, Hvashang was thought by some to have lived in China around the 14th century. Below him are two of the kings of the four quarters of space. They serve as protectors in Hvashang's spiritual quest, in which he is directed by the figures above--a Buddha (Akshobhya) and a Bodhisattva (Maitreya). Origianlly this painting was part of a set that included all sixteen saints.
provenance
Frank Caro & Co., Fuller Building, Madison and 57th Street [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1972 or 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.
date
18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
tangkas
tankas
thangkas
thankas
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
135.9
height
74.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 53 1/2 x W: 29 1/2 in. (135.89 x 74.93 cm)
Source extras
cul
Buddhist
med
tempera on cloth
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6868
collection_ids
INT
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9e79109cac60ebe4
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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fdfb942d45d2937d
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