Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Northern Song dynasty
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits on a lotus throne below a canopy. The white Bodhisattva wears ornaments and a crown topped with a Buddha image. A stole is draped over the arms. The right hand supports a vase and the left hand holds a willow branch. On both sides of the painting, there are images of devotees being rescued from danger after reciting the name of Avalokitesvara. Each scene is accompanied by an inscription. In the lower register, three male and three female figures make offerings. Inscriptions identify the Fan family as the sponsors of the painting and date it to 961.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 554.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 554.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:554.
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. 554).
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