LOT 202 ANONYMOUS Heavenly King and Luohan, 18th/19th century
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ANONYMOUS Heavenly King and Luohan, 18th/19th centuryANONYMOUSHeavenly King and Luohan, 18th/19th centuryInk and pigment on silk, hanging scroll, depicting a seated luohan carried by four demons and attended by a boy, the Viruḍhaka standing on the clouds among flames. 39cm (15 3/8in) wide × 115.5cm (45 1/2) long.十八/十九世紀 佚名 羅漢天王匯合圖 設色絹本 立軸 Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 14 August 1997, lot 266An English private collection, and thence by descent 來源:倫敦佳士得,1997年8月14日,拍品編號266英國私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今The warrior deity who is clad in armour and brandishes a sword is one of the 'Four Heavenly Kings'- the Viruḍhaka (增長天王), the Guardian of the Southern Direction and the protector of dharma (Buddhist teaching). The seated figure carried by a group demons is a luohan regarded as the original disciples of Buddha. Sets of luohan, numbering from sixteen, eighteen to five hundred, were enshrined in larger Buddhist temples. The subject of luohan was a favourite theme in Chinese legend and painting.public_sentiment_keywords: luohan ** Heavenly Kingis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930877.jpgsold_price_type: £
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