Luohan
CultureChinese
Date19th-early 20th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
DimensionsImage: 42 3/4 × 19 7/8 inches (108.59 × 50.48 cm)
Mount: 58 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (149.23 × 56.52 cm)
Mount: 58 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (149.23 × 56.52 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF88-45/169
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DescriptionStone carved in the Northern Dynasties period (386–581 C.E.); rubbing created about 19th–early 20th centuryExhibition HistoryThe Art of Ink Rubbings: Impressions of Chinese Culture, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 20, 2024–February 2, 2025, no cat.
This rubbing is made from the low-relief carving of a Luohan, or one of Buddha’s disciples. To the right of the figure, patterns on the Buddha’s halo indicate that this image was part of a larger group of figures on the altar. The carving could be from a rock cave temple at the Longmen cave site. During the 1800s to the early 1900s, scholars, collectors, and art dealers acquired rubbings of images from cave temples in China.
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