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Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda)

Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda)

Chinese

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.

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Eastern Wei, 534-550

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