Mogao Cave 17: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
Mogao Cave 17: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This banner made of a narrow piece of tightly woven brown silk dates from the early 9th century. The green Vajrapani Bodhisattva has bright, almond-shaped eyes, curled hair that hangs over the shoulders, and a nimbus composed of colored rings. The Bodhisattva wears a trefoil crown, gold ornaments, colorful leggings, and a floriated red scarf. A thin white sacred thread hangs across the chest. Standing on a lotus pedestal, Vajrapani holds a small vajra and a long lotus flower. The palms of the hands are painted red. An inverted Tibetan inscription is written on the right beside the nimbus.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 684.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Vajrapani Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 684.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Vajrapani Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:684.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Vajrapani Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 684).
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