{"product_id":"500-arhats-291","title":"Five Hundred Arhats No.291 · The Venerable Bearer of the Great Physician | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Hundred Arhats · No.291 The Venerable Bearer of the Great Physician\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Bearer of the great physician' means holding the method of the great king of physicians: the Buddha is the great physician who heals beings' heart-illness of affliction, giving medicine to fit the disease; the name marks one who carries the great physician's method, healing beings' illness with the medicine of Dharma. The venerable makes a holding or comforting gesture with a compassionate look, possessing the great physician's art, giving medicine to fit the illness, healing the disease of affliction, kindly treating beings' heart-illness with Dharma medicine.\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":47410931138748,"sku":"TCArhats291","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/TCArhats291--100x50cm-4.5.jpg?v=1788610995","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-uk\/products\/500-arhats-291","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}