{"product_id":"500-arhats-119","title":"Five Hundred Arhats No.119 · The Venerable Free from Defilement | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Hundred Arhats · No.119 The Venerable Free from Defilement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ligou\" means going beyond the dust of affliction, cutting off adventitious defilement, turning the tainted into the pure and recovering the mind's original clarity; defilement is but adventitious dust, and once it is gone the bright essence shows itself. The name, recorded in the Southern Song Arhat-Name Stele, marks one who has ended defilement and realized purity. The venerable looks clear and clean, possessing freedom from dust, removal of adventitious stain, the turning of taint into purity, and recovery of original clarity.\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":47410924617916,"sku":"TCArhats119","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/TCArhats119--100x50cm-4.5.jpg?v=1788610759","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-nz\/products\/500-arhats-119","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}