After Guanxiu (832-912)
Nagasena, the Twelfth Luohan
Ink rubbing on paper, hanging scroll, after a stone engraving

This rubbing reproduces Nagasena, the twelfth figure in the Sixteen Luohan series associated with Guanxiu, the Buddhist monk and painter of the late Tang dynasty. His distinctive luohan images were reproduced in later stone engravings, including those at Shengyin Temple in Hangzhou. Such rubbings preserve the engraved designs and provide material for the study of Buddhist imagery and its transmission.

An identical rubbing is held by the National Taiwan Museum, titled Nagasena, the Twelfth Venerable, accession number AH002881-001. The museum explains that a luohan, or arhat, is a Buddhist practitioner who has attained liberation from the cycle of rebirth. In the Mahayana tradition, certain arhats remain in the world at the command of the Buddha to uphold his teachings and guide sentient beings. The museum also notes that eighteen luohans are commonly enshrined in Buddhist temples, with varying names and forms, and praises the finely detailed and lifelike engraving of its example.

{Image size: 45 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (115.6 x 48.6 cm)}.
{Overall size: 71 x 22 3/4 inches (180.3 x 57.8 cm)}.

Provenance: Collection of a longtime California collector.

据贯休（832-912）画稿
第十二那伽犀那尊者
纸本水墨，刻石拓本，立轴

本拓描绘那伽犀那尊者，为晚唐高僧兼画家贯休十六罗汉图中的第十二尊。贯休笔下的罗汉形象独具特色，后世多有摹刻，杭州圣因寺罗汉像刻石即属这一传承。此类拓本保存了刻石图像，为研究佛教造像及其传播提供了重要资料。

国立台湾博物馆藏有相同拓本，定名第十二那伽犀那尊者，编目号AH002881-001。该馆藏品说明指出，罗汉即阿罗汉的简称，是佛教修行所证得的果位，意指断尽烦恼、脱离生死轮回者。大乘佛教进一步强调罗汉奉佛敕令，留世弘法护法、济度众生，其性质与菩萨相通。现今佛寺多供奉十八罗汉，名称与造型各有不同。该馆并赞誉其藏本刻画细致生动，十分难得。

画心：45 1/2 x 19 1/8英寸（115.6 x 48.6厘米）。
全轴：71 x 22 3/4英寸（180.3 x 57.8厘米）。

来源：加州资深藏家收藏。

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