Kizil Cave 118: Astrological Signs: Hawk Holding a Monkey
Kizil Cave 118: Astrological Signs - Hawk Holding a Monkey
CHINA, Xinjiang, Aksu
This vivid image is found within the astrological signs on the central ridge of the barrel-vaulted ceiling in the main chamber. A hawk in mid-flight grasps a monkey in its talons. The large hawk is spotted with brown dots and flies upward. Far smaller in scale, the monkey is brown in color and hangs limp in the hawk’s grasp. While many of the astrological signs found within the caves depict garudas catching nagas, this hawk and monkey image is unique within the Kizil Caves.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 553.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kizil Cave 118: Astrological Signs - Hawk Holding a Monkey." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 553.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kizil Cave 118: Astrological Signs - Hawk Holding a Monkey" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:553.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kizil Cave 118: Astrological Signs - Hawk Holding a Monkey. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 553).
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