Four Luohan with Attendants, Tigers, and Supplicant

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Lu Lengjia (active 730-760)

• Description

  This painting portrays four haloed luohan figures, it likely comes from a set of four hanging scrolls featuring a total of sixteen luohan. The fine furniture and architecture in this painting locate the scene in an official's garden. The painting's architectural elements create two distinct cells in which the luohan are engaged in preparing incense, taming tigers, and feeding birds from an alms bowl. Here the luohan enjoy the comforts of an aristocrat's life.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1700s, 1790s

• Name

  Lu, Lengjia

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bells, Art, Drums (Membranophones), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Incense, Portraits, Gardens, Attendant, Tiger

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese, Arhats

• Object Type

  Paintings