Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling
Ink and color on silk
Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
The Medicine Buddha stands on two lotuses in the center of the picture. The Buddha holds up a blue medicine bowl in the left hand. The monk’s staff held in the right hand leans against the shoulder. An elderly monk with joined palms and a younger monk holding a sutra scroll stand beside the Buddha. A canopy hangs at the top of the picture. An inscription within a cartouche in the upper right corner dedicates the painting to the deceased daughter of the sponsor.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 641.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 641.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:641.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 641).
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