Statuette
| Object Number: | C70A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Asia Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Ming Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 14th Century - 15th Century |
| Early Date: | 1300 |
| Late Date: | 1499 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Copper Alloy Bronze |
| Iconography: | Nuojuluo Noh Chu Lo Nakula Bakula Luohan Arhat Rosary |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Spink & Son, 1914 |
| Other Number: | Getz 31 - Other Number |
Description
Seated figure of Nuojuluo 諾距羅 (Sanskrit: Nakula), one of the original sixteen luohan. A Luohan is one who strives for individual salvation through his own efforts. Nuojuluo is depicted with a shaven head, long ears, and holding a bead in each hand which came from a Buddhist rosary. He is seated on a lacquered wooden pedestal which is carved in the form of a lotus flower. (see C70B for the pedestal).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Buddhist Asia (21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Asia Gallery (02 Apr 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 186 no.31 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania, Office of the President. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 1 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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