Artist:Unidentified Artist Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:late 13th–early 14th century Culture:China Medium:Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk Dimensions:Image: 44 1/4 x 19 5/16 in. (112.4 x 49.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 78 x 20 3/8 in. (198.1 x 51.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 78 x 22 in. (198.1 x 55.9 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Purchase, Seymour Fund and Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1984 Accession Number:1984.226 This powerful depiction of a luohan (arhat, in Sanskrit), one of the disciples of the Buddha, shows the same finely drawn, highly colored figure style found in the Ten Kings of Hell (in this case), confirming its origin in the Zhejiang city of Ningbo, where workshops specialized in painting Buddhist images during the Southern Song and Yuan periods.
Artist:Unidentified Artist Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:late 13th–early 14th century Culture:China Medium:Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk Dimensions:Image: 44 1/4 x 19 5/16 in. (112.4 x 49.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 78 x 20 3/8 in. (198.1 x 51.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 78 x 22 in. (198.1 x 55.9 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Purchase, Seymour Fund and Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1984 Accession Number:1984.226 This powerful depiction of a luohan (arhat, in Sanskrit), one of the disciples of the Buddha, shows the same finely drawn, highly colored figure style found in the Ten Kings of Hell (in this case), confirming its origin in the Zhejiang city of Ningbo, where workshops specialized in painting Buddhist images during the Southern Song and Yuan periods.