# Arhat, in Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri's contemporaries

An unrecorded Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) artist painted this in 1235. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> An arhat (Nahan in Korean), an advanced disciple of the Buddha, is represented here in profile with a halo encircling his head. This particular arhat is Segongyang jonja, numbered as the 464th of 500 arhats. He sits on a woven bamboo stool, is luring a dragon into an alms bowl.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1235
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 52.7 x 40.6 cm (20 3/4 x 16 in.); Overall: 140 x 54.1 cm (55 1/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.71
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

Unrecorded Korean maker

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