Maijishan Grotto 62: Attendant Bodhisattvas (back and right walls)
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Maijishan Grotto 62: Attendant Bodhisattvas (back and left walls)
Maijishan Grotto 62: Attendant Bodhisattvas
CHINA, Gansu, Tianshui; Northern Zhou dynasty
These three similar pairs of attendant Bodhisattva statues, located at the back, right, and left of Grotto 62, have elongated torsos and appear tall. The bare footed Bodhisattvas either wear a headdress or have a high topknot. Their bodies are embellished with ornamentation and stoles.
Most of the statues are approximately 1.06 m to 1.12 m in height. The Bodhisattvas have warm and gentle smiles. They appear quite slender and majestic.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 753.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maijishan Grotto 62: Attendant Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 753.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maijishan Grotto 62: Attendant Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:753.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maijishan Grotto 62: Attendant Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 753).
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