Kizil Cave 163: Yaksas Holding up Stupas
Kizil Cave 163: Yaksas Holding up Stupas
CHINA, Xinjiang, Aksu
This illustration is located on the inner wall of the left corridor. There are two rows of yaksas on the wall with four per row. The yaksas are bare-chested, have black facial hair, and wear necklaces, stoles, turquoise lower garments, and black leg armor. Barefooted, they each kneel on one knee while holding stupas above their heads with both hands. Although stupas were commonly painted on the walls of the corridors in early Kizil Caves, this is the only cave where they are held by yaksas.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 562.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kizil Cave 163: Yaksas Holding up Stupas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 562.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kizil Cave 163: Yaksas Holding up Stupas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:562.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kizil Cave 163: Yaksas Holding up Stupas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 562).
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