Mogao Caves: Heavenly King
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Mogao Caves: Heavenly King
Mogao Caves: Heavenly Kings
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang
These posturing Heavenly Kings originated in the Mogao Caves. Their faces are both drawn in fierce scowls with their eyes bulging, and their noses are beak-like. The armored figures brandish their left fists and likely held weapons. They stand with one foot higher than the other and were probably originally placed either on a rocky base or treading on a demon.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1243.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Caves: Heavenly Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1243.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Caves: Heavenly Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1243.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Caves: Heavenly Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1243).
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