Five Hundred Arhats No.234 · The Venerable Revamī (Chinese rendering) | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm

Five Hundred Arhats · No.234 The Venerable Revamī (Chinese rendering)

This is a Chinese rendering of an Indic name close in form to Revata but written differently, whose exact original is uncertain; it is kept objectively without forcing an identification. Listed among the five hundred arhats, it signifies sharp faculties and a compassionate drawing-in of beings. The venerable looks keen with the air of an Indian monk, conveying only sharp intelligence and gentle compassion; the original should be checked against canon and artwork.

Painted 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.

Size: approx. 100×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink Zen Buddhist figure painting | On paper