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Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500. Creator: Unknown.

Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500. Creator: Unknown.

2-723-198 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500. The 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.

Image Details

Medium
  1. Gilt bronze
Picture Type
  1. Sculpture

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4783x5825
File Size : 81,624kb

Aliases

  1. 1980.25
  1. 150036
  1. 0940020287
  1. 1980.25
  1. 2-723-198
  1. 2723198

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