Paradise and Plumage
Subtitle: Chinese Connections in Tibetan Arhat Painting
Publisher: Rubin Museum of Art
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9781932476071
Subjects: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; Oriental art; Painting & paintings; History - General; Art, Tibetan; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Tibet; Painting, Tibetan; Arhats in art; Chinese influences; Exhibitions
First sentence: In 1408, the Fifth Karmapa, Deshin Shegpa (1384-1415), returned to Tibet laden with presents and honors after a two-year sojourn in Nanjing, the early Ming dynasty (1368-1644) capital.