Arhat in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Title/Object Name: Arhat

Culture: Korea

Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Date: 13th–14th century

Medium: Stoneware with iron-brown decoration under celadon glaze

Dimensions: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Classification: Ceramic

Credit Line: Gift of Edna Bahr, 1962

Accession Number: 62.97.9

Gallery Label

The Sanskrit term arhat (Korean: nahan) refers to self-enlightened beings in the Buddhist tradition. Buddhist statues in celadon have been found in Gaeseong, the capital of the Goryeo dynasty, and at ancient temple sites in southwestern Korea.

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