Chinese Polychrome Wood Figure of a Lohan (Monk) - 18thC Pillars The chunky Cross Leg Design

The chunky Cross Leg Design makes it very stable and robust

fanlight windows were an important architectural feature in Indian homes

The lively mottled red-orange surface was created through the application of coloured lac on a hand-turned lathe

It has all of the original beautifully decorated mother of pearl counters

Chinese Polychrome Wood Figure of a Lohan (Monk) - 18thC Pillars The chunky Cross Leg DesignA Chinese carved and Polychrome wood figure of A Lohan (monk) seated with mythical creature. Early Ming. In Theravada Buddhism, the Arhat, Arahat or Arahant, translated into Chinese as Lohan, is one who has followed the Eightfold Path and has achieved deliverance of this earthly existence. He has reached "the other shore" and is saved for all eternity. In him the asavas the craving for sensual pleasures, earthly existence, ignorance and wrong views