Item: Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder) - (multiple figures)

Two of the Sixteen Arhats. At the top is the seventh in the group, Kanakavatsa, and below that is the ninth, Bakula.

[7] "In the excellent land of Kashmir is the noble elder Kanakavatsa, surrounded by five hundred arhats; homage to the one holding a jewel lasso."

[9] "On the northern [continent] of Kuru is the noble elder Bakula, surrounded by nine hundred arhats; homage to the one holding a mongoose with the two hands." (Buddhist liturgical verse).

Jeff Watt 8-2007