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Statuette of Bodhidharma

CHINA; Qing dynasty (1644–1911);Porcelain; H: 16 cm; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
Bodhidharma was an Indian monk who became the First Patriarch of the Chan school in China. He is depicted here with foreign features and has a deepening frown. He has a high forehead, bushy eyebrows, sunken eyes, high cheekbones, a bulbous nose, tight lips, and a beard. A thick, long, and hooded robe envelops his body. He appears to be in deep meditation, sitting in royal ease position with his hands hidden in the voluminous sleeves of the robe.

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