{"product_id":"500-arhats-123","title":"Five Hundred Arhats No.123 · The Venerable Unsurpassed | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Hundred Arhats · No.123 The Venerable Unsurpassed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unsurpassed' says his spiritual power and merit are peerless, none can excel him, and also that he has forgotten both victory and defeat, beyond all contrast; the name marks one who realizes the highest Dharma, whom none can surpass and who contends with nothing. The venerable looks gentle and transcendent, possessing the ease that ends all opposition, dissolves winning and losing alike, and abides in the unsurpassed Dharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainted by Li Zongyi in the freehand Chinese ink (xieyi) tradition, the brushwork is fluent and the ink tones layered from dense to pale, capturing the arhat’s spirit in a few assured strokes. The blank paper itself breathes Zen; figure and spirit are one, blending monastic solemnity with the literati’s ease. Each of the Five Hundred Arhats bears its own name and practice, uniting faith, art and collectibility — an original, non-reproducible hand-painted work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize: approx. 100×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink Zen Buddhist figure painting | On paper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Treascol Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47410924814524,"sku":"TCArhats123","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/TCArhats123--100x50cm-4.5.jpg?v=1788610719","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-au\/products\/500-arhats-123","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}