Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe figure holding the skull ha
Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe figure holding the skull has been identified as Mrgasirsa, who sought Buddha’s teaching on how to determine the karma and transmigration of the arhats. Mrgasirsa appears with Vasistha in some of the wall paintings of the Mogao grottoes in Dunhuang.Size: Overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Figure: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)Medium: gilt bronzehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1980.25 -- source link
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