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Luohan

Figure of a monk, with extraordinarily long eyebrows and wrapped in a large cloak.
Prof. Lo Ch'ing considers it an 'excellent painting, although it is a copy of a painting from the Five Dynasties period, executed during the early Ming (15th century or earlier)'.
Technique: watercolor on silk.
Restoration laboratory of Dr. Luana Maekawa of Florence. Financing by the Institute for Artistic, Cultural and Natural Heritage (IBACN) of the Emilia Romagna Region of Bologna.
In the Museum since 1912. From Henan.


N° cna0598 - Ming Dynasty 1370-1450
MISURE H. cm. 127.5. L. cm. 61.5.