Title

Hvashang, 18th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Hvashang, 18th century. 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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B16_325

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (2,6Mb) / 12,6in x 16,5in / 3781 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

people man child children group man men Asian Asia religious arts painting religion Buddhism art guy Buddha monk monks continent museum location century Tibet Tibetan Bodhisattva 14th century 18th century Eighteenth Century Fourteenth Century patron Tibetan Buddhism Akshobya Jina Buddha Maitreya tempera TGN portrait Unknown Bosatsu Walters Art Museum Heritage Art Akshobhya Fotuo tempera on cloth tempera on cloth Hvashang