Five Hundred Arhats No.46 · The Venerable Poshe Tipo | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm

Five Hundred Arhats · No.46 The Venerable Poshe Tipo

Poshe Tipo is the No.46 figure among the Five Hundred Arhats; his name is a Chinese rendering of an Indic saintly name in which 'tipo (deva)' carries the sense of the noble or celestial. The venerable has a gentle, tranquil face, showing the unhurried ease of pure practice within simplicity.

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