Luohan

late 13th–early 14th century

Not on view

This powerful depiction of a luohan (arhat, in Sanskrit), one of the disciples of the Buddha, shows the same finely drawn, highly colored figure style found in the Ten Kings of Hell (in this case), confirming its origin in the Zhejiang city of Ningbo, where workshops specialized in painting Buddhist images during the Southern Song and Yuan periods.

Artwork Details

元佚名羅漢像軸
Title: Luohan
Artist: Unidentified artist
Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date: late 13th–early 14th century
Culture: China
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 44 1/4 x 19 5/16 in. (112.4 x 49.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 78 x 20 3/8 in. (198.1 x 51.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 78 x 22 in. (198.1 x 55.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchase, Seymour Fund and Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1984
Object Number: 1984.226
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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