Item: Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder) - (unidentified)

Tibetan: གནས་བརྟན། Chinese: 罗汉

(item no. 90513)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1600 - 1699
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

Classification: Person

Appearance: Arhat

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Arhat: older in appearance, with a moustache, beard and balding, he holds a stick in the right hand and performs the mudra (gesture) of explication with the left. The left leg is extended as he sits atop a rock outcropping. See a set of paintings that are very similar in style and composition and very likely part of the same set as the arhat painting shown here..

Jeff Watt 5-2000