Qing dynasty, 18-19th century
Gilt copper alloy
H9,2cm
Provenance: Collection from the late Belgian collector Robert Willocx (1932 - 2023), acquired from Marcel Nies, Antwerp, 19th April 2000.
This pair of monks represents Sariputta and Moggallana, the Buddha’s two chief disciples. Their long robes bordered with a floral design fall with elegant pleats along their body. With the right hand they hold a myrobalan fruit, used in the ayurvedic medicine as an anti-inflammatory, and in the left hand a begging bowl.