Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
In this 9th century painting, the solemn Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva stands on a lotus pedestal. Thin eyebrows arch above bright, narrowed eyes. Blue stubble covers the bare head, which is surrounded by a nimbus painted with washes of green, red, and blue. Ksitigarbha wears a golden necklace, bracelets, a green inner robe, and a monastic robe decorated with colorful cloud patterns divided by thick black lines. The hands are held palm out in front of the chest. Tassels hang from a canopy at the top of the picture. The petals of the lotus pedestal are painted with a wash of red. Bright colors give the painting a lively appearance.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 611.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 611.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:611.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 611).
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