The Eighteen Luohans
After Ding Yunpeng Chinese
Not on view
In the seventeenth century, Ding Yunpeng became famous for his fantastical depictions of luohans. This scroll bears a signature by Ding, but the figures’ facial shapes and the fluttering, gossamer-light brushwork suggest that it is a nineteenth-century copy. At the far left side of the scroll near the top, the artist finished the composition with an exquisitely-drawn dragon descending on clouds, about to be tamed by the seated luohan who opens his mouth to call the beast to heel.
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