Mati Temple Thousand Buddha Grottoes: Stupa
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Mati Temple Thousand Buddha Grottoes: Stupa
CHINA, Gansu, Zhangye; Yuan dynasty
This Tibetan-style stupa is among numerous carvings on the cliff face at the Thousand Buddha Grottoes. The inverted bowl stupa consists of a body, harmika, and a spire. The cylindrical body of the stupa contains a doorway at the front. Above the body is the square harmika with multiple corners. The spire is large and comprises thirteen stacked rings, a canopy, a jewel, a moon, and a sun.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 815.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mati Temple Thousand Buddha Grottoes: Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 815.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mati Temple Thousand Buddha Grottoes: Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:815.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mati Temple Thousand Buddha Grottoes: Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 815).
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