Mogao Cave 3: Apsara (south wall, upper right corner)
Mogao Cave 3: Apsara (north wall, upper left corner)
Mogao Cave 3: Apsaras
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Yuan dynasty
Apsaras fly amidst swirling clouds in the upper corners of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara murals on the north and south walls of Cave 3. The apsara in the upper right corner of the south wall has a long flowing stole and lower garment. The figure holds a plate with a lotus offering and kneels on a blanket of swirling clouds. The apsara in the upper left corner of the north wall flies through the clouds. The hair is tied in two bunches and a stole is draped around the arms. The stole and lower garment trail behind the figure, who holds a long-stemmed lotus in the left hand, and a single lotus flower in the upraised palm of the right hand.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 827.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 3: Apsaras." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 827.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 3: Apsaras" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:827.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 3: Apsaras. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 827).
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