The Cleveland Museum of Art's own Open Access API record for "Standing Disciple Mahakasyapa Holding a Cylindrical Reliquary," limestone with traces of pigment, China, Hebei province, Southern Xiangtangshan caves, Northern Qi dynasty, c. 550, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund. The record's own description reads "Mahakasyapa, the disciple of Shakyamuni, is presented with closed eyes in an expression of meditative concentration. He is holding a reliquary for the Buddha's ashes, which symbolize the Buddha entering final spiritual attainment (nirvana) at death," accession number 1972.166.
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The holding museum's own Open Access API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, findspot and accession number, its own title and description naming Mahakasyapa directly as the sculpture's subject. Citation
PublisherCleveland Museum of Art
URLhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1972.166
Source TypeMuseum
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds.
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