Baosheng Temple: Dragon-Subduing Arhat
Clay
Baosheng Temple: Dragon-Subduing Arhat
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Northern Song dynasty
The Dragon-Subduing Arhat is located on the upper section of this group of sculptures, and is the fourth figure counting from the west. The bearded Arhat wears a decorative robe with prominent folds as he sits at ease on a rock. He gazes upward to the right with thick knit eyebrows and alert eyes. The high forehead and prominent nose may represent foreign features.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 124.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Baosheng Temple: Dragon-Subduing Arhat." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 124.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Baosheng Temple: Dragon-Subduing Arhat" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:124.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Baosheng Temple: Dragon-Subduing Arhat. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 124).
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