comprising a figure of Pindola rendered seated beside his vehicle tiger with his right hand resting on his knee, the beast depicted recumbent with one paw resting on its master's knee, the luohan portrayed dressed in loose robes cascading in voluminous folds, all the details meticulously etched, the reverse of the figure incised Yuxuan, the stone of a creamy-beige colour with a pale honey-brown section skilfully used for the tiger; the remaining seventeen figures possibly by Yang Yuxuan's studio, each carved seated in meditative or relaxed poses and dressed in loose monastic robes with precisely etched floral borders, accompanied by their respective animals or holding their characteristic attributes, some with implements carved on the side, including alms bowls resting on jagged rockwork, the lustrous stones of variegated beige-brown mottled with shades of russet red skilfully used to incorporate into the designs, wood stands