Mogao Cave 244: Mahakasyapa
Mogao Cave 244: Mahakasyapa
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Sui to Tang dynasty
This figure is painted on the lower left side of the back (west) wall. Mahakasyapa is portrayed as an elderly monk with knitted eyebrows and sunken cheeks. His nimbus and robe are colored red, blue, and brown. His face, chest, and hands are painted with simple, fine strokes of light brown. The right hand is raised before the chest, while the left holds a bowl.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 1054.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 244: Mahakasyapa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 1054.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 244: Mahakasyapa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:1054.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 244: Mahakasyapa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 1054).
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