Mogao Cave 17: Bodhisattva with a Bowl
Ink and color on silk
Mogao Cave 17: Bodhisattva with a Bowl
Mogao Cave 17: Bodhisattva with a Bowl
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This is one of the best preserved banners discovered in Mogao Cave 17. The plain triangular headpiece is outlined with light colored strips of silk. A Bodhisattva standing on a lotus pedestal is painted on the body. Uniquely depicted facing backwards with the head turned to one side, the Bodhisattva wears a golden robe and a headdress. The right hand holds a Persian style bowl containing a lotus flower. The four streamers that make up the footer are decorated with vines and fastened to a red weighting board at the bottom. The side streamers are simple, unadorned pieces of silk.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 573.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Bodhisattva with a Bowl." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 573.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Bodhisattva with a Bowl" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:573.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Bodhisattva with a Bowl. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 573).
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