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of perfection and completed the chain of existence so that he need 

 not be born again. In a still wider sense it is applied to any virtu- 

 ous and learned saint. The chief apostles or missionaries are usually 

 provided with some attribute or emblem, such as a book or scroll, a 

 fly whisk and vase, as seen on these figures, a jeweled snare, a crown, 

 and so on, and receive worship in the temples. Height, 19)^ inches. 

 Tokio, Japan. (Plate 51, Cat. No. 130460, U.S.N.M.) 



217. Two Buddhist saints, (Arhats). — Made of teak. Height, 2 

 feet. Burma. (Cat. No. 216132, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of S. S. 

 Howland. 



218. Arhat. — Bronze, gilt. Seated figure, with hands joined in 

 the attitude of veneration. Height, 4 inches. Laos, Further India. 

 (Cat. No. 217668, U.S.N.M.) 



219. Arliat. — Wood, red lacquered and gilt. Kneeling figure, with 

 hands joined. Height, 4% inches. Laos, Further India. (Cat. No. 

 217575, U.S.N.M.) 



220. Arhat. — Bronze. Seated figure, with hands raised in rever- 

 ence. The inscription on the base states that it was dedicated in 

 the year 1151 of Buddha. Height 4}^ inches. Laos, Further India. 

 (Cat. No. 217513, U.S.N.M.) 



221. Arhat. — Wood, lacquered and gilt. Kneeling figure, with 

 hands folded in adoration. Height, 5}^ inches. Laos, Further India. 

 (Cat. No. 217562, U.S.N.M.) 



222. Arhat. — Wood, lacquered and gilt. Kneeling figure, holding 

 begging bowl, or medicine base, with both hands of the outstretched 

 arms. Height, 6% inches. Laos, Further India. (Cat. No. 217563, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



223. Tibetan saint, supposed to represent Ch'os-bjin jamba. — Bronze, 

 gilt and chased. Seated in meditation, clothed in a mantle falling 

 over the arms. The base is chased with floral designs. Height, 7% 

 inches. Kumbum, Sifan, near the western frontier of China. (Cat. 

 No. 167270, U.S.N.M.) 



224. Holy man, probably Chinese saint. — Bronze, gilt. Seated in 

 western fashion. Height, 6}^ inches. Kumbum, Tibet. (Cat. No. 

 167269, U.S.N.M.) 



225. Saint. — Terra cotta figurine, seated, holding begging bowl 

 infront. Height, 3% inches. Tibet (?). (Cat. No. 311810, U.S.N.M.) 

 Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens. 



226. Maha Krachai. — Porcelain figure of a saint, apparently of 

 Chinese make. It is called by the Laos Maha Krachai and regarded 

 by them as a learned saint. It is the only figure outside of Buddha 

 found in Laos temples. Height, 4 inches. Laos, Further India. 

 (Cat. No. 217626, U.S.N.M.) 



227. Tsong-Khapa. — Bronze. Tsong-Khapa was a Tibetan Budd- 

 hist saint and religious reformer who lived in the fifteenth century, 

 A. D. Height 4}^ inches. Tibet. (Cat. No. 316345, U.S.N.M.) 



