Happy Arhat Ceramic Statue

Happy Arhat Ceramic Statue

Happy Arhat (Venerable Xu Bojia) is a ceramic statue created by Liu Zizhen, the first generation master of "clay figurine Liu" in the Tongguan Kiln in Changsha, China, in the 1980s. Renowned for his outstanding ceramic skills and profound understanding of traditional sculpture art, he is known as the "clay figurine Liu" and is one of the important representatives of Chinese ceramic art. Through exquisite craftsmanship and vivid artistic expression, the image of Venerable Xu Boga in Buddhism is presented. In Buddhist culture, Arhat is the sage who reaches the nirvana, while happy Arhat, with his optimistic and open-minded image, conveys the positive spiritual connotation. He is an outstanding representative of the ceramic art of Changsha Tongguan Kiln.