Vanavasin, One of the Sixteen Arhats

The central figure, Vanavasin, has a shaven head and wears an ornate green, gold-brocaded robe. He sits cross-legged on an elaborate throne, gazing toward the top right where a vertical rainbow rises from a dark blue vessel he holds in his hand. Below him, two attendants are depicted: one to the left wearing a dark, patterned tunic while preparing incense, and another in the center wearing a bright red-patterned robe with hands pressed together in a gesture of reverence. The background features a stylized landscape with deciduous trees, rock formations, and swirling clouds in shades of green, blue, and red.

The Sixteen Arhats are the legendary disciples of the Buddha tasked with protecting the Dharma until the arrival of the future Buddha, Maitreya; this iconography is central to Tibetan Buddhist practice and the transmission of monastic lineages.