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Sakyamuni Buddha and Eighteen Arhats
CHINA; Yuan dynasty (1271–1368); Copper alloy; H: 32 cm; Tibet Museum, Lhasa, Tibet, China |
| This sculpture comprises Sakyamuni Buddha, his two chief disciples, and Eighteen Arhats. The Buddha, with blue hair, is seated in full lotus position at the center. The Buddha wears a monastic robe that leaves the right shoulder bare and makes the bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra with his right hand. The disciples, Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, stand directly beside the Buddha holding a staff and an alms bowl. The Four Heavenly Kings are located in a row at the bottom while the remaining figures are the Eighteen Arhats. Each figure sits upon a lotus connected to a stalk. The whole composition is contained within a hollow mandorla shaped like a lotus petal with fern-like motifs decorating the rim. |
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