A Thangka Depicting Pandita Vasubandhu, Tibet, 19th Century

Property From a San Francisco Collector

A Thangka Depicting Arhat Vasubandhu

Tibet, 19th Century 

29 by 19¼ in. (73.6 by 49 cm)

Vasubhandu seated under a fig tree with flowers, wearing the hat of a pandita with hanging lappets and a red robe embellished in gold, his hands holding prayer beads and in the gesture of debate, the pitaka, or basket, to his left, with an acolyte listening below, all set in a green and blue mountainous landscape

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13763.