Yungang Grotto 5: Bodhisattva Making an Offering (front wall, right side)
Stone
Yungang Grotto 5: Bodhisattvas Making Offerings
CHINA, Shanxi, Datong; Northern Wei dynasty
Located on either side of the arched entrance in the front (south) wall are two standing Bodhisattva figures. They wear headdresses decorated with flowers, long draped garments, and flowing stoles. Their facial features are gentle and delicate. Both figures stand in elegant postures on lotus pedestals with unornamented nimbuses behind their heads. The Bodhisattvas are mirror images of one another, each holding a wish-fulfilling jewel as an offering in one raised hand.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z, page 1647.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yungang Grotto 5: Bodhisattvas Making Offerings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z, vol. 9, 2016, pp. 1647.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yungang Grotto 5: Bodhisattvas Making Offerings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z, 9:1647.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yungang Grotto 5: Bodhisattvas Making Offerings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z (Vol. 9, pp. 1647).
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