Longmen Grotto 140: Head of a Bodhisattva
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Longmen Grotto 140: Head of a Bodhisattva
CHINA, Henan, Luoyang; Northern Wei dynasty
This Bodhisattva was originally one of the attendants next to the standing Buddha on the south wall of the grotto. The Bodhisattva has a flat cylindrical topknot with floral patterns, a broad forehead, an oval face with almond-shaped eyes, and smooth arched brows. The Bodhisattva has elongated earlobes and the small mouth is colored in red pigment. The thin lips curve upwards in a lively smile.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 668.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Longmen Grotto 140: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 668.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Longmen Grotto 140: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:668.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Longmen Grotto 140: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 668).
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