Statuette
C70A
Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | C70A |
| Current Location | Asia Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Chinese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Ming Dynasty |
| Date Made | 14th Century - 15th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Bronze |
| Iconography | Nuojuluo | Noh Chu Lo | Nakula | Bakula | Luohan | Arhat | Rosary |
| Description | Seated figure of Nuojuluo 諾距羅 (Sanskrit: Nakula), one of the original sixteen luohan. A Luohan is one who strives for individual salvation through his own efforts. Nuojuluo is depicted with a shaven head, long ears, and holding a bead in each hand which came from a Buddhist rosary. He is seated on a lacquered wooden pedestal which is carved in the form of a lotus flower. (see C70B for the pedestal). |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Spink & Son, 1914 |
| Other Number | Getz 31 - Other Number |
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