# @rubinmuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHv6x0FuSpN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29170170-rubinmuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-28T15:52:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art (@rubinmuseum) — https://gondola.cc/rubinmuseum

## Caption

Are you watching #TheWhiteLotus? The popular show peels back the layers of privilege, power, and self-delusion—where transformation is rarely as graceful as its characters would like to believe. 🪷

In Himalayan art, the lotus is a sacred symbol, which teaches us that even from the muck and the darkest circumstances, moments of beauty and light can emerge. This powerful metaphor for resilience is depicted in many #Buddhist and #Hindu artworks in a variety of colors, including pink, yellow, and white lotus flowers. 🪷

Across the Rubin’s collection, the lotus takes many forms—gracing paintings, sculptures, and even functional objects like shrine cabinets and a horse saddle. 

Explore the pieces of art that feature the lotus in our collection in “The Lotus Flower: Sacred Symbol of Transcendence” on #Spiral. 🌀

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(1) Detail of Manjushri (From Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas); Kham Province, Eastern Tibet; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; 41 × 20 3/4 × 1/2 in. (104.1 × 52.7 × 1.3 cm); Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation; F1997.40.6. (2) Green Tara; Tibet; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; 36 3/8 x 24 5/8 in. (92.4 x 62.5 cm); Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.521. (3) Tibetan Shrine Cabinet (Chosham); New York, New York; 2012-2013; Wood, pigments and varnish; 36 1/2 × 46 × 17 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; SC2013.1. (4) Lotus Goddess, Lakshmi; Nepal; 17th century; Wood with pigments and gilt repoussé; 24 1/4 × 20 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Formerly of Joe Gelpey Collection; C2008.1a-b. (5) Lotus Mandala of Hevajra; Northeastern India; 12th century; Copper alloy; 12 3/8 × 7 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2003.10.2.

#RubinMuseum #RubinGlobal #Buddhism

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