Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Ink and color on linen
Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This painting, discovered in Mogao Cave 17, portrays Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with a high topknot and a crown that appears to be decorated with a Buddha image. Long hair forms a black silhouette around the shoulders and upper arms. The Bodhisattva wears ornaments, a red shawl, and stoles. The left hand probably displays the vitarka (teaching) mudra while the fingers of the right hand hold a transparent bowl containing a lotus flower.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 546.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 546.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:546.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 546).
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