Description
Master Hongyi (1880-1942), Handscroll of the Eighteen Arhats in Cinnabar. Length: 660 cm (259.84 in); Width: 46 cm (18.11 in). Paper hand-scroll with cinnabar line drawing of Eighteen Arhats, original brocade box. Frontispiece title "Yi Hai Qi Zhen" inscribed by Feng Zikai with signature and seal. Eighteen arhats are drawn in cinnabar red ink, with varied demeanours, neat and powerful robe lines, presenting tranquil Buddhist spirit. In-scroll calligraphy and seal by Master Hong-Yi are preserved. Extended colophons by Zhang Boju, Ji Xian-lin and other scholars at the scroll end comment on its artistic and Buddhist connotation. Elegant cinnabar tone, fine complete mounting, an important Buddhist-figure hand-scroll.
Condition
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Master Hongyi (1880-1942), Handscroll of the Eighteen Arhats in Cinnabar
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