Dunkar Cave 1: Donors
Dunkar Cave 1: Donors
CHINA, Tibet, Ngari; Guge Kingdom
This mural on the east wall portrays two nobles wearing white robes with red and blue trim and light blue lapels. The nobles sit in a horse chariot below a large canopy decorated with streamers. The male figure on the left has a white nimbus, wears earrings, and joins palms. The head of the female figure to the right rests on the male figure’s shoulder. The long braided hair reaches the waist, and a blue cape is draped over the shoulders. The couple may have been the donors who sponsored the cave’s construction.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 321.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dunkar Cave 1: Donors." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 321.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dunkar Cave 1: Donors" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:321.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dunkar Cave 1: Donors. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 321).
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