Bhikṣus Monks

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Pratès
Description
This group consists of three standing monks, one with a missing head. One of them brings an offering of flowers on a plate. He is looking, smiling, to his right, certainly originally at the Buddha figure. One can see that his earlobes are enlarged. He is wearing the uttarāsaṅga, which leaves the right shoulder uncovered, and the folds of the antaravāsaka can be seen below. The folds of the garment suggest the advancement of the right leg by emphasizing the knee.
Two other monks stand side by side. The first, the one whose head has disappeared, joins his hands in anjalimudra while the second leans toward him and raises his right arm. Both wear the uttarāsaṅga and have their right shoulder uncovered. Their faces are idealized, round and smiling.
1928 / today


Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 24.8cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Historiated scene
Site
Pratès
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 24.8cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Historiated scene
Site
Pratès
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration