Mogao Cave 435: Ceiling (front slope)
Mogao Cave 435: Ceiling (detail) (front slope)
Mogao Cave 435: Ceiling
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Northern Wei dynasty
There are 20 panels on the gabled ceiling at the front of the cave, each with an apsara painted at the top and lotus flowers at the bottom. The apsaras are bare-chested and wear long black lower garments. They either hold musical instruments like flutes and pear-shaped lutes, or gesture with their hands. Their long stoles are blue and white, flying upwards like flames above the figures. Stylized lotuses are painted below the apsaras. The center of the lotuses is painted black and blue, while the petals are a light color which has faded.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1221.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 435: Ceiling." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1221.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 435: Ceiling" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1221.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 435: Ceiling. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1221).
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