Mogao Caves: Seated Buddha
Clay
Mogao Caves: Seated Buddha
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Northern Wei dynasty
This relief is thought to have been originally from Mogao Caves 248 to 250. The top of the niche defines the nimbus about the head of the figure. The Buddha sits cross-legged with hands in dhyana (meditation) mudra. The broad folds of the monastic robe are painted in complementary colors to bring out the contrast.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1246.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Caves: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1246.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Caves: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1246.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Caves: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1246).
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