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Buddha Maitreya with Ananda and Kasyapa, accession 68.124 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Buddha Maitreya with Ananda and Kasyapa," a limestone statue dated 583, Sui dynasty China, Anonymous Gift, 1968. The record's own title names Ananda directly as one of the two disciple figures flanking Buddha Maitreya, alongside the elder disciple Kasyapa, accession number 68.124.

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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/61814
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
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1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, period and accession number, its own title naming Ananda directly among the flanking figures.
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Ananda, Figures

This source names Ananda directly: "API record for "Buddha Maitreya with Ananda and Kasyapa," a limestone statue dated 583, Sui dynasty China, Anonymous Gift, 1968."

Maitreya, Deities

This source names Maitreya directly: "collection API record for "Buddha Maitreya with Ananda and Kasyapa," a limestone statue dated 583, Sui dynasty China, Anonymous Gift, 1968."

Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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