Maijishan Niche 191: Garuda
Clay
Maijishan Niche 191: Garuda (detail)
Maijishan Niche 191: Garuda
CHINA, Gansu, Tianshui; Song dynasty
This high relief sculpture is located below a niche that is above the entrance. It depicts a garuda, a mythical bird that protects the Dharma. In this sculpture, the garuda has the head and body of a human. The head, with thick hair, mustache, and deeply furrowed eyes, has an Indian appearance. Carved with smooth fine lines, the human torso is bare, while the rest is bird-like and feathered.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 811.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maijishan Niche 191: Garuda." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 811.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maijishan Niche 191: Garuda" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:811.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maijishan Niche 191: Garuda. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 811).
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