Harvard Art Museums > 1943.53.3: Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda) , 1943.53.3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204363. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.53.3 Title Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda) Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 534-550 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shanxi province, Tianlongshan Period Eastern Wei, 534-550 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204363 Physical Descriptions Medium Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province Dimensions 94.1 x 41.8 cm (37 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.53.3 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Standing figure of an arhat facing proper left, holding an unidentifiable object in his extended left hand. Right hand raised in Kataka mudra (communication). Low sandstone relief from cave 2 (south wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province. Publication History Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 069, pp. 84-85 Tianlongshan Caves Project, website, Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, accessed April 7, 2021, https://tls.uchicago.edu/single-sculpture/151 Related Media 3D Model: Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda) Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
