Arhat (Luohan), Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th–17th century, China, Wood (willow) with traces of pigment, single-woodblock

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Arhat (Luohan), Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th–17th century, China, Wood (willow) with traces of pigment, single-woodblock construction, H. 19 1/8 in. ( cm); W. 7 in. ( cm), Sculpture, This sculpture epitomizes the merging of religious and secular imagery in later Chinese Buddhist sculpture. With his shaven head and elongated earlobes, the figure resembles a luohan (one of the Indian disciples of the Buddha), but his refined facial features, dignified posture, long-sleeved robe, and pointed shoes—all attributes associated with Confucian scholar-officials—identify him unmistakably as a youthful monk

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