Ananda
Gilt bronze
Ananda
CHINA; Tang dynasty
This statue, created around the late 7th or early 8th centuries, is identified as Ananda and probably belonged to a group of statues accompanying a Buddha along with Mahakasyapa due to the mortise hole found below the pedestal.
The figure’s shaved head is disproportionately large and tilted to one side. A monastic robe is worn with the folds falling naturally down the body.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 41.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ananda." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 41.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ananda" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:41.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ananda. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 41).
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