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Antelope Horn Prayer Beads
OriginChina
DateDate unknown
Dimensions17 × 2 7/8 × 1/4 in.
MediumAntelope Horn
Classification(s)
Credit LineRubin Museum of Art, Gift of Anne Breckenridge Dorsey
Object numberC2012.6.22
DescriptionThis strand of Chinese prayer beads features images of the Buddha’s enlightened disciples, known as arhats (Chinese: luohan). On the reverse of the images are identifying inscriptions. Although the original number of individually named arhats was sixteen, this strand of eighteen includes the later additions of Nandimitra, the arhat taming a dragon, and Pindola, the arhat taming a tiger.Not on view
17th - 18th century
17th century
16th century
1736–1795
18th - 19th century
late 19th or 20th century
18th century
15th century
15th century
late 19th century
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