Mogao Cave 17: Mountain Censer Offering
Ink and color on linen
Mogao Cave 17: Mountain Censer Offering
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This rectangular artwork from the Late Tang period (846–907) with a diamond patterned border was discovered in Mogao Cave 17. In the center of the painting, a kneeling figure supports a mountain censer, a specialized incense burner, on his head. The incense burner is decorated with lotus petals and a flaming jewel. Two flower stalks branch upwards around the incense burner. In the corners, four phoenixes perched on lotus thrones spread their wings and hold flower offerings in their beaks.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 645.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Mountain Censer Offering." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 645.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Mountain Censer Offering" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:645.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Mountain Censer Offering. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 645).
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