Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling and Back Wall
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Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling
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Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling - Apsara
Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling
CHINA, Henan, Luoyang; Northern Wei dynasty
Displayed in the ceiling’s center is a relief of a lotus flower, with a diameter of 3.6 m. Around the seedpod in the center of the lotus are double-layered petals in an orderly arrangement. The lotus is encircled by a honeysuckle pattern that serves as a background.
Six apsaras with delicate features fly around the perimeter of the lotus. Their hair is coiled into topknots and their facial features are soft and refined. Stoles resembling flames rise from their bodies. The apsaras hold either an incense burner or fruit in both hands. Thin, floating clouds embellish the spaces between the figures.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 687.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 687.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:687.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Longmen Grotto 712: Ceiling. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 687).
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