Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha
Ink and color on paper
Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This painting portrays the Buddha with a red nimbus and a blue aureole. The Buddha is dressed in a black robe and sits in full lotus position on a lotus throne. Both hands form the vitarka (teaching) mudra. There is a blank cartouche on the right, and a short inscription on the left. The Buddha resembles the figures in the Thousand Buddha murals of the Mogao Caves, indicating that they were painted at the same time.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 652.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 652.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:652.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 652).
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