{"product_id":"500-arhats-214","title":"Five Hundred Arhats No.214 · The Venerable Sheltering Cover | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Hundred Arhats · No.214 The Venerable Sheltering Cover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sheltering cover' means delighting to cover and protect all beings with compassion as a canopy shields things from harm, and also to cover one's own virtue without display; the name marks one who delights to shelter beings and cultivate virtue in secret. The venerable makes a protecting gesture with a warm, reserved look, possessing the warmth of compassionate shelter, containing without showing, glad to guard beings without parading his own merit.\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":47410927927484,"sku":"TCArhats214","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/TCArhats214--100x50cm-4.5.jpg?v=1788610996","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-nz\/products\/500-arhats-214","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}