Sixteen lohan - Chester Beatty Online Collections

Object Information

Manuscript

Object no:: C 1007

Title:: Sixteen lohan

Creator:: Unknown
China

Production date:: Late 18th century

Dimensions:: 222 mm x 137 mm (height x width)

Material:: Nephrite Silk Bronze Gold

Language:: Chinese (language)

Collection:: Chinese collection

Document type:: Manuscript

Object name:: Jade book

Description:: Jade book of the Sixteen Lohan, with portraits and texts written in Chinese, engraved and gilded on twelve folios of nephrite jade divided into two volumes with silk mounts and bronze covers; made in China in the late 18th century.

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