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Elderly Disciple Holding a Censer (probably Kasyapa)

Elderly Disciple Holding a Censer (probably Kasyapa)

Chinese

Standing figure of an elderly arhat (Kasyapa?) facing proper right, holding a long-handled censer in both hands. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (north wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.

Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Eastern Wei, 534-550

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