Description
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.
Provenance
Major General Sir Neill Malcolm [1869–1953], London, England (by 1935–?); (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1980); The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH (1980–)
Accession Number
1980.25
Medium
gilt bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Figure: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
