Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

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Head of Luohan

Artist Unknown Chinese Artist

DateLiao dynasty (907-1125)

Made/manufacturedChina

MediumPottery with green and cream glazes

Dimensions18 x 13 1/2 x 12 in. (45.7 x 34.3 x 30.5 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Robert H. and Kathleen M. Axline Acquisition Endowment

Object number2009.42

Collections

ASIAN

DescriptionSet on a wooden mount (20th century), the massive pottery head of a Luohan with cream glaze suggesting skin tone and green glaze suggesting hair. Massive proportions of head and ears suggest figure was originally part of a larger-than-life-size sculpture.