Luohan

Unidentified artist

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art