Hongfo Pagoda: Tejaprabha Buddha
Ink and color on silk
Hongfo Pagoda: Tejaprabha Buddha
CHINA, Ningxia, Yinchuan; Western Xia period
This painting was discovered in the Hongfo Pagoda Heavenly Palace. Tejaprabha Buddha, with a nimbus, an aureole, and a mandorla, is in the center of the painting. The Buddha wears a red monastic robe and sits in full lotus position on a lotus throne. Around the base of the throne, the Eleven Luminaries stand on clouds connected by a rainbow. Each luminary has a nimbus and is dressed in fine robes. The Twelve Zodiac Signs were painted within small circles around the top of the painting, but only eight are visible due to damage. A heavenly palace and groups of heavenly beings standing on clouds are painted above and beside the Buddha.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 338.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Hongfo Pagoda: Tejaprabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 338.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Hongfo Pagoda: Tejaprabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:338.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Hongfo Pagoda: Tejaprabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 338).
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