1993.86.2.FA Plaque

This scene shows Handaka Sonja flying on his dragon toward his brother Chuda Handaka Sonja who stands with an oni, a type of demon or ogre, attendant. The frightening imagery of the oni supports the great holiness of these two arhats (Japanese: rakan), part of a group of holy men who were originally disciples of the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni. In Japan, China, Korea, and Tibet, arhats were regarded as having achieved extraordinary spiritual levels but, like bodhisattvas, put off their own enlightenment to help others.

n.d.-1993: M. Frances and John R. Young, Dallas, Texas

1993: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, The John R. Young Collection, gift of M. Frances and John R. Young [1]

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