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Zhenguo Temple Ten Thousand Buddha Hall: Mahakasyapa and Ananda
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Zhenguo Temple Ten Thousand Buddha Hall: Mahakasyapa and Ananda
CHINA, Shanxi, Jinzhong; Northern Han Kingdom (951–979), dated 963; Clay; H: 307 cm
The central Buddha is flanked by two of his chief disciples, Mahakasyapa and Ananda. The former is usually depicted, as an older male with a gaunt, ascetic look. The figure wears a field-pattern monastic robe over an inner robe. One end covers the right shoulder and hangs down the wrinkled arms but is draped over the left forearm in a natural manner. The hands are clasped, unusually, in the uttarabodhi (supreme enlightenment) mudra. Ananda is presented as a younger male who stands with hands folded before him. The figure has a fuller, more healthy body and is dressed in a cross-collared robe. |
