{"product_id":"500-arhats-340","title":"Five Hundred Arhats No.340 · The Venerable White Fragrant Elephant | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Hundred Arhats · No.340 The Venerable White Fragrant Elephant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'White fragrant elephant' is like the white fragrant elephant of great power, fully tamed, the mount of bodhisattvas (as Samantabhadra rides the six-tusked white elephant): white is purity, fragrance the virtue of precepts, elephant great sustaining power; the name marks one with the elephant's great power, tamed and able to bear the load. The venerable has a weighty presence and a tame, gentle look, possessing the gravity of the white elephant's power, the fragrance of pure precepts, tamed endurance, bearing the true Dharma with an elephant's strength.\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":47410933006524,"sku":"TCArhats340","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/TCArhats340--100x50cm-4.5.jpg?v=1788611719","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-nz\/products\/500-arhats-340","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}