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Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, One Holding a Processional Censer, the Other Two Each Holding a Lotus Bud
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Three standing Buddhist devotees facing proper right. The leading figure holds a long-handled censer, the other two holding lotus buds on long stalks between clasped hands. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (east wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Department of Asian Art
[Yamanaka & Co. New York 12/5/1931] 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: Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, One Holding a Processional Censer, the Other Two Each Holding a Lotus Bud
Description:
Three standing Buddhist devotees facing proper right.
The leading figure holds a long-handled censer, the other two holding lotus buds on long stalks between clasped hands.
Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (east wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
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