Seated Arhat with Two Attendants
Unknown Artist
late 1200s
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
201 × 70 cm · painting only: 94 × 50 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1976.91
About this artwork
Arhat, or Luohan (羅漢 in Chinese), were the disciples of the historical Buddha. Later tradition tended to picture them in sets of 16, 18, or as many as 500. This is one painting from a larger set, with a seated arhat portrayed on a grand scale, overshadowing his own attendant as well as the ferocious figure who approaches him with an offering of a wild goose.