Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Teaching the Dharma
Ink and color on silk
Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Teaching the Dharma
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Later Tang dynasty
A strip of diamond patterning separates the upper and lower registers of this painting. In the center of the upper register, Medicine Buddha sits on a lotus throne, holding a medicine bowl in the left hand and a staff in the right. The Buddha is flanked by Akasagarbha and Vajragarbha Bodhisattvas and two disciples. Below the Buddha, two Bodhisattvas sit beside an altar making offerings of flowers and gems.
According to the inscription in the middle of the lower register, the painting was commissioned by the devotee Fan Yixin and dates from 929. The sponsor’s parents, each accompanied by an attendant, are depicted beside the inscription.
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 Teaching the Dharma." 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 Teaching the Dharma" 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 Teaching the Dharma. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 641).
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