From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat):
"Theravada Buddhism defines arhat (Sanskrit) or arahant (Pali) as "one who is worthy" or as a "perfected person" having attained nirvana. Other Buddhist traditions have used the term for people far advanced along the path of Enlightenment, but who may not have reached full Buddhahood."
A little more information about the object here: http://collections.artsmia.org/art/124303/standing-arhat-china
Now lit with an experimental HDR environment that's like a few candles around the sculpture.
Scanned with 330 20-megapixel images. Built in Photoscan.
The STL of the object on Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1721144
This is a low-resolution version of the object. Contact permissions@artsmia.org for a higher-resolution version.