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Sixteen Arhat Statues at the Okchun temple have unique features for their postures and - shapes of hands and feet.
First, their faces have an upside down trapezoid shape with its top wider than its bottom. Second, the majority of the Arhat statues wore Wonduryung collar undergarments. Third, the statues’ hands and fingers take a unique form that is not easily found in the sculptures created during the same era: the hand placed on the statue’s knee, with the back of the hand facing up, and with its index and baby fingers straight butmiddle and ring fingers slightly crooked. Fourth, there are some exclusive features in the positions of the statues. For example, there is a statue between whose legs stand a Seosoo, an auspicious animal. Also, there is an Arhat statue that takes a lotus position, having one of its legs stretched out to the end of its pedestal. This particular feature is not frequently seen in the sculptures that were made in the late Chosun dynasty, between the 17th and18th century. This feature can be found in the work produced by Saeknan, a monk sculptor. His sculptures are different from the pieces that were built in 1600s, by: Eungwon at Songkwangsa, Soonchun in 1624; Sooyeon at Dabosa, Najoo in 1624; Inkyun at Gyeshinsa, Kimje in 1633; Mooyeom at Songkwangsa, Wanjoo in 1656; Seungho at Gaeamsa, Booahn in 1678; Sungshim at Segosa, Jeonjoo in 1695; Mile at Eunhasa, Kimhae in 1688; and Kyungho at Dorimsa, Goksung in 1700.
Saeknan sculpted an Arhat statue in Kangjin Jeongsoo in 1684, Nengasa, Goheung in 1685, Chuneunsa, Koorye, Seongdoam, Haenam in 1700 and Daeheungsa, Haenam in 1701. The Okchun Arhat statues have similar features and positions as Saeknan’s Chuneunsa Arhat statue (1693) and his Daeheungsa Arhat statue (1701).
In conclusion, it would be reasonable to infer that Saeknan or his successors sculpted the statues around 1700.