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305 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF KASHYAPA

MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

the sage standing in flowing robes with relief-cast floral borders,
open at the chest and gathered around the feet, the hands
clasped with the proper right over the left, the bald pate with
characteristic cranial bump and the benevolent face with bushy,
furrowed brows, the eyes lowered in contemplation and a slight
smile poised on the full lips, the discipline of an ascetic shown in
the taut neck and pronounced elbow

Height 11½ in., 28.8 cm
PROVENANCE
The Chang Foundation Collection.

LITERATURE
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
1993, pl. 68.
Kasyapa, born into the Brahmin caste in the kingdom
of Magadha, was already an octogenarian when he met
the Historical Buddha. Depictions of this ascetic monk
typically show his advanced age. Kashyapa and Ananda,
both beloved followers of Gautama, are often portrayed
together on either side of Shakyamuni. This arrangement is
commonly found in caves in China dating from the Northern
Wei dynasty, with a young Ananda to Buddha’s right,
and the elderly Kasyapa to the left, as seen in the Central
Binyang Cave at Longmen, illustrated in Angela F. Howard,
ed., Chinese Sculpture, New Haven, 2006, pl. 3.39. This
standard iconographic arrangement continued through the
Sui, Tang, Liao and Song periods, to present day.

明十六 / 十七世紀 銅鎏金迦葉尊者立像
來源
鴻禧美術館收藏

出版
《金銅佛造像圖錄》，台北，1993年，圖版68

$ 25,000-35,000