Late 19th Century Chinese Buddhist Bronze Luohan Head Vintage/Antique Weaponry curved blade shape and engravings

curved blade shape and engravings

and carved from porous gray basalt

He wears a shendit (short skirt) and has the beard of divinity

often featuring stylized human figures that symbolize spiritual and ancestral connections

DIMENSIONS: (approx) 10

Late 19th Century Chinese Buddhist Bronze Luohan Head Vintage/Antique Weaponry curved blade shape and engravingsTraveling Man treasures is selling this antique Chinese bronze Luohan (Arhat) head, representing an enlightened disciple of Buddha. This fine example of late 19th century Luohan head is in weathered but stable condition and mounted on a wood block plinth display. The prominent stylized, wavy brow lines, clean shaven bald head, elongated earlobes, and serenely downcast eyes are textbook features of classical Luohan portraiture in Chinese Buddhist art.