Harvard Art Museums > 1943.53.1: Youthful Disciple Holding Incense Box and Bag (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 Holding Incense Box and Bag (probably Ananda) , 1943.53.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204352. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.53.1 Title Youthful Disciple Holding Incense Box and Bag (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/204352 Physical Descriptions Medium Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province Dimensions H. 89 x W. 41.7 cm (35 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.) mount: 102.6 x 48.3 x 10.2 cm (40 3/8 x 19 x 4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1/19/1931] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1931-1943), 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 1943.53.1 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 a youthful arhat (Ananda) facing proper left, holding an incense box and a small bag with loop handles. Low sandstone relief from Cave 3 (north wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province. Publication History Osvald Sirén, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, E. Benn (London, 1925), Pl. 213 Osvald Sirén, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, E. Benn (London, 1925), p. 58 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/149 Exhibition History S426: Chinese Buddhist Cave Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008 Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013 Related Media 3D Model: Youthful Disciple Holding Incense Box and Bag (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
