Statuette
Object Number:
C70A
Current Location:
Japan Gallery
Culture:
Chinese
Provenience:
China
Period:
Ming Dynasty
Date Made:
14th century-15th century
Early Date:
1300
Late Date:
1499
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Copper Alloy
Bronze
Iconography:
Noh Chu Lo
Seated Luohan
Rosary
Description:
Bronze statuette of arhat (Chinese: Luohan). Seated figure of Noh Chu lo(Sanskrit: Nakula), one of the original sixteen arhats. Head shaven, long ears; each hand holds a pierced bead, remnants of a rosary. Old wooden lotus pedestal carved and lacquered is C70B.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Spink & Son
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914)
Bibliography:
[Book] Getz, John. 1916. Exhibition of Oriental Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: 186 no.31
[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 1
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