Five Hundred Arhats No.14 · The Venerable Uruvilvā Kāśyapa | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm

Five Hundred Arhats · No.14 The Venerable Uruvilvā Kāśyapa

Uruvilvā Kāśyapa, eldest of the three Kāśyapa brothers, first practiced ascetic fire-worship and then took refuge in the Buddha together with his following. His weathered face and resolute look hold the strength of renouncing error and turning firmly toward the way.

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