Mogao Cave 17: Servant
Mogao Cave 17: Servant
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
Located on the back (north) wall to the left of the statue of Master Hongbian, this mural depicts a female servant standing beneath a tree. The woman has a round face and her hair is arranged in two topknots. Her eyes gaze forward in a serious and respectful manner. She wears a long gown with a round collar and a sash around the waist. The figure raises her left hand and holds a long staff in her right. Although the outline of the woman is simple, a three-dimensional treatment is applied to the garments and tree to express texture. The leaves of the tree are painted in alternating light and dark green, further emphasizing a sense of three-dimensional space.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 851.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Servant." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 851.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Servant" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:851.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Servant. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 851).
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