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Elderly Disciple Holding a Censer (probably Kasyapa)
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Standing figure of an elderly arhat (Kasyapa?) facing proper right, holding a long-handled censer in both hands. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (north wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Department of Asian Art
[Yamanaka & Co. New York 1/19/1931] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop New York (1931-1943) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Elderly Disciple Holding a Censer (probably Kasyapa)
Description:
Standing figure of an elderly arhat (Kasyapa?) facing proper right, holding a long-handled censer in both hands.
Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (north wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
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