Kashyapa (or Mahakashyapa), disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha. North China, Hebei Province (?). Sui Dynasty (581-618), late 6th - early 7th century. Marble with traces of polychrome. Guimet Museum. Purchase 1937, AA 192. This ascetic figure corresponds to the character known for its rigor, which ensures with Ananda, the transmission of the doctrine after the "parinirvana" of Shakyamuni. : Summarized reformulation of the cartel available in the museum room.
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