Arhat (Luohan) 16th-17th century China 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 shoesall attributes associated with Confucian scholar-officialsidentify him unmistakably as a youthful monk.The sculpture’s tendency toward abstraction and stylizationthe contours of the head, body, and robes are conveyed through the buildup of simple, curved formsrecall thirteenth-century images, but a radiocarbon date suggests that the piece dates to between A.D. 1324 and 1617.. Arhat (Luohan). China. 16th-17th century. Wood (willow) with traces of pigment, single-woodblock construction. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Sculpture

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Arhat (Luohan) 16th-17th century China 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 shoesall attributes associated with Confucian scholar-officialsidentify him unmistakably as a youthful monk.The sculpture’s tendency toward abstraction and stylizationthe contours of the head, body, and robes are conveyed through the buildup of simple, curved formsrecall thirteenth-century images, but a radiocarbon date suggests that the piece dates to between A.D. 1324 and 1617.. Arhat (Luohan). China. 16th-17th century. Wood (willow) with traces of pigment, single-woodblock construction. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Sculpture

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