Kizil Cave 167: Ceiling
Kizil Cave 167: Ceiling
CHINA, Xinjiang, Aksu
Cave 167, located to the east valley, has an ornate ceiling which consists of six sunken levels of diamond-in-square structures, with a dome in the center of the top layer. Decorative flower patterns are painted on the four triangular walls of the subsequent layers. The flowers are light red and blue in color, and are decorated with the interspersion of various knot-like patterns. Marvelous double-headed garudas with golden wings are painted in each corner of the second level. Each garuda grasps the tail of a snake in its beak and the snakes are curled in sinuous shapes.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 563.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kizil Cave 167: Ceiling." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 563.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kizil Cave 167: Ceiling" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:563.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kizil Cave 167: Ceiling. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 563).
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