Two wood figures of Ananda and Kasyapa

Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
Mark 與 Peter Dineley珍藏
Two wood figures of Ananda and Kasyapa
Ming Dynasty or earlier
Each disciple standing on a lotus pedestal wearing long sleeved flowing robes wrapped in layers across the body, Ananda with a serene expression beneath a shaven head and flanked by pendulous ears, the hands joined at the chest in nebina ghasso symbolising a sincere and firm heart, Kaspaya with hands raised and locked together in the kanjo-in mudra to accompany the ceremony of unction, the robes of both figures detailed with fine fabric underneath a lacquered layer.
30.5cm (12in) high. (2).