Period:Unknown
Materials:wood
Technique:painted
Subjects:bodhisattva buddha flaming jewel
Dimensions:Height: 26.60 centimetres Width: 12.90 centimetres Depth: 1.20 centimetres
Description:
Rectangular wooden panel painted on both sides. Recto: Representation of the Buddha standingon a lotus with right hand raised in front of the body, fingers extended and the palms facing outward. This is the abhaya mudra, the gesture of fearlessness and granting protection. The white and tight-fitting robe seems to have a red border and/or undergarnment. On the right arm, the right shoulder and the right part of the breast, symbols such as the eight-spoked wheel, the flaming jewel and a thunderbolt are visible. The colours are quite faded but traces of green, red and white remain. The outlines of the figure are red, only the hair is black. Verso: Representation of a Bodhisattva sitting cross-legged on a white padmasana (lotus pad/lotus throne) that is resting on a rock (?). The figure is wearing an elaborate headdress and is seated against a white mandorala with a bright blue border. The robe is dark red and grey with a green, tight-fitting undergarnment covering legs and forearms. The Bodhisattva holds the right hand – probably originally holding an pbject – in front of the breast. The pigments are very faded and on the left upper hand of the panel a large chunk of wood is missing.
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![图片[1]-panel BM-1928-1022.138-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084967_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-panel BM-1928-1022.138-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084969_001.jpg)
Comments:”The collection of antiquities here described [Stein no. beginning with Har.] was obtained from Badruddin Khan, of Khotan, by Mr H I Harding, HBM’s late Vice-Consul, Kashgar, and kindly presented by him on his passage through Kashmir in September, 1923, for inclusion in the Indian Government’s Museum of Central-Asian Antiquities, New Delhi. A number of interesting fresco panels, which were also presented by Mr Harding have since been set up by Mr Andrews at the Museum, New Delhi, and will be separately catalogued with other mural paintings. No definite information is available as to the provenance of the antiques here described. But it appears probable that they were brought to Khotan as a result of digging which villagers carried on at some ruins in the desert area covered with tamarisk-cones NE of Domoko. – A. Stein.” [Stein, Innermost Asia (1928), p. 1053]
Materials:wood
Technique:painted
Subjects:bodhisattva buddha flaming jewel
Dimensions:Height: 26.60 centimetres Width: 12.90 centimetres Depth: 1.20 centimetres
Description:
Rectangular wooden panel painted on both sides. Recto: Representation of the Buddha standingon a lotus with right hand raised in front of the body, fingers extended and the palms facing outward. This is the abhaya mudra, the gesture of fearlessness and granting protection. The white and tight-fitting robe seems to have a red border and/or undergarnment. On the right arm, the right shoulder and the right part of the breast, symbols such as the eight-spoked wheel, the flaming jewel and a thunderbolt are visible. The colours are quite faded but traces of green, red and white remain. The outlines of the figure are red, only the hair is black. Verso: Representation of a Bodhisattva sitting cross-legged on a white padmasana (lotus pad/lotus throne) that is resting on a rock (?). The figure is wearing an elaborate headdress and is seated against a white mandorala with a bright blue border. The robe is dark red and grey with a green, tight-fitting undergarnment covering legs and forearms. The Bodhisattva holds the right hand – probably originally holding an pbject – in front of the breast. The pigments are very faded and on the left upper hand of the panel a large chunk of wood is missing.
IMG
Comments:”The collection of antiquities here described [Stein no. beginning with Har.] was obtained from Badruddin Khan, of Khotan, by Mr H I Harding, HBM’s late Vice-Consul, Kashgar, and kindly presented by him on his passage through Kashmir in September, 1923, for inclusion in the Indian Government’s Museum of Central-Asian Antiquities, New Delhi. A number of interesting fresco panels, which were also presented by Mr Harding have since been set up by Mr Andrews at the Museum, New Delhi, and will be separately catalogued with other mural paintings. No definite information is available as to the provenance of the antiques here described. But it appears probable that they were brought to Khotan as a result of digging which villagers carried on at some ruins in the desert area covered with tamarisk-cones NE of Domoko. – A. Stein.” [Stein, Innermost Asia (1928), p. 1053]
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