Maijishan Grotto 101: Cross-Ankled Bodhisattva (detail)
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Maijishan Grotto 101: Cross-Ankled Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Tianshui; Northern Wei dynasty
This seated Bodhisattva statue is on the left wall, flanking a seated Buddha at the back wall, and mirrors a Bodhisattva on the right wall. The Bodhisattva is unique for this period in that the head and shoulders are detached from the wall. The Bodhisattva wears a long robe and is missing both hands. There is a low relief mandorla behind the Bodhisattva. Overall, the Bodhisattva is very similar to those in Grottoes 121 and 122, indicating temporal proximity.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 760.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maijishan Grotto 101: Cross-Ankled Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 760.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maijishan Grotto 101: Cross-Ankled Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:760.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maijishan Grotto 101: Cross-Ankled Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 760).
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