Duldur-Aqur: Heavenly Musician
Wood
Duldur-Aqur: Heavenly Musician
CHINA, Xinjiang, Aksu
The sculpture was discovered in 1907, at a time when there was intense archaeological exploration in Central Asia.
The statue was originally painted and gilded. The heavenly musician stands against a pillar and plays a pear-shaped lute that is held upside down. The figure’s left leg is bent and supports the neck of the instrument while the strings are plucked by a plektron held in the right hand. Wearing a headdress, jewelry, and a double-layered skirt, the heavenly musican’s garment extends to thigh level and has a bordered hem. An inner skirt clusters tightly about the figure’s ankles.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 304.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Duldur-Aqur: Heavenly Musician." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 304.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Duldur-Aqur: Heavenly Musician" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:304.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Duldur-Aqur: Heavenly Musician. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 304).
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