Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Print on paper
Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Five Dynasties
This picture was printed from a woodblock, filled in with color, and mounted on blue paper decorated with floral designs. It was found in Mogao Cave 17 beside another print and a string of coins.
Avalokitesvara, wearing a tall headdress and holding a large lotus flower, sits on a lotus throne and gazes downwards serenely. The body is covered with a stole and beaded ornaments. Flame patterns surround the nimbus and the aureole. Clouds are painted beneath the lotus throne. The central figure is flanked by two inscriptions within cartouches that rest on lotus flowers.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 552.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 552.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:552.
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. 552).
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