Arhat and Dragon, 1368-1643, Unknown Chinese, 14th - 17th century, 21 1/2 x 15 9/16 in. ( x cm) (image), Ink on silk, China, 14th-17th century, Executed primarily in fine line ink technique (Bai Miao), a Buddhist luohan or arhat is shown riding his walking staff through turbulent waves. He holds a flaming pearl in his right hand and peers over his shoulder at a dragon emerging from a bank of dark, threatening clouds. The affiliation of luohans and dragons comes from early accounts of the miraculous powers of the great patriarchs or Chan Buddhism to control dragons.

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