A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SARIPUTRA OR MAUDGALYAYANA, China / Tibet, 18th century

Standing on a lotus base, with the right hand in apanamudra and the left hand with the palm facing upward as if holding a bowl. He is dressed in a wide, intricately carved tunic.

Provenance: from the Ullman collection, Italy.

Catalogue notes:

Compare with the figures of Ananda and Kasyapa from the Qing court collection now at the Palace Museum in Beijing, and illustrated in Palace Museum 2007, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Buddhist Statues of Tibet, Shanghai, pp. 213-214, no. 203, 204.



鎏金摩诃目犍乾连像，汉/藏，十八世纪