Mogao Cave 14: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Mogao Cave 14: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This Late Tang period (846–907) image is located on the south wall of the main chamber. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva wears a three-pointed headdress and has a round face, fine eyes, and long earlobes. The Bodhisattva wears ornaments and has broad shoulders and a slender waist. A diaphanous stole is draped over the left shoulder and winds around the arms. The hands form the dhyana (meditation) mudra, and the figure sits in full lotus position on a lotus throne. Twin dragons appear above the nimbus that surrounds the Bodhisattva’s head.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 844.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 14: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 844.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 14: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:844.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 14: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 844).
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