Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols (detail)
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Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols (detail)
Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols
MONGOLIA
The heavenly beings in these two pictures are arranged in two rows. Wearing colorful pants and fluttering stoles, they dance while holding incense burners and offerings. The figures in the top row have pale skin, while the ones in the bottom row have varied skin colors.
In the top picture, canopies with beaded ornaments hang along the top, and treasures line the bottom. In the second picture, the eight auspicious symbols are shown at the bottom. From left to right, they are a parasol, two golden fish, a vase, a lotus, a conch shell, an endless knot, a victory banner, and a Dharma wheel.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 330.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 330.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:330.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 330).
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