Arhat (holy men): three from the Five Hundred Arhat
Date1684-95
Maker
Japanese
Object number35.75
Exhibition HistoryPortland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 3 - 28, 1965. Cat. no. 127.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art—Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005.Published ReferencesJapundžić, Milica, The Sculpture of Rakan by the Japanese Sculptor Shoun Genkei in the Mimara Museum, Zagreb: Croatia: Muzej Mimara, 2012. no. 11, p. 23.
Lee, Sherman. "Six of Five Hundred Rakan." The Art Quarterly, Vol. X, 1947, p. 125-132.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions33 1/4 x 28 5/8 x 23 3/8in. (84.5 x 72.7 x 59.4cm)
MediumWood, dry lacquer and gold, with colors (applied later)
Alexander Phimister Proctor
modeled 1891-1893; copyright 1897
Object number: 2015.15
Persian
12th to early 13th century
Object number: 38.139
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