Chinese Antique Pair Hand-Carved Stone Figures of Buddhas Attendants
$3,500.00
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China, an authentic antique matching pair (2) hand-carved and hand-painted limestone temple figures of the venerable lohans, Kasyapa and Ananda.
These beautiful Buddhist sculptures will bring serenity and timeless style to your home, office, sacred space, or garden
Handmade and hand-carved, solid limestone with weathered remnants of
older temple paint as applied by the temple from where it originally came, Chengdu, China. Head and hands are likely later replacements.
Stone statues like these were regularly – refreshed- by the temple monks. In our extensive travels to western china we saw many instances of old stone figures like these with varying degrees of paint, refreshed by the temple monks to maintain a seemingly new appearance.
Please note the offering cavities on back sides- undoubtedly used by patrons to place offering scripts or perhaps food as a sign of respect and veneration.
These enjoyable characters would make a fine garden presentation or special indoor choice.
Substantial dimensions: 35 inches high and 12 inches wide
Only one pair.
Provenance: Originally from a collector in Chengdu, China, acquired by us directly from this collection around 2002 on one of our many visits to that part of historic China.
About Kasyapa and Ananda:
Kasyapa is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. He was one of the seven ancient sages considered as Saptarishis in Sanskrit texts and Indian mythologies. He is the most ancient rishi listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and called a self-made scholar in the Atharvaveda. He was based in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, and legends attribute the region of Kashmir to be derived from his name.
One of the more frequently depicted lohans in Chinese sculpture is Kasyapa, a cousin to the Buddha. Throughout Six dynasties (220-589) and T’ang (618-906) the Buddha’s chief disciples Ananda and Kasyapa were frequently depicted as monks flanking a central image of the Buddha Sakyamuni.
Ananda is the younger Luohan and is the Buddha’s primary attendant
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Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.
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