Period:Unknown Production date:947 (4 August. Guiyijun period)
Materials:paper, 紙 (Chinese),
Technique:woodblock, 木版 (Chinese),
Subjects:bodhisattva canopy lotus throne 菩薩 (Chinese) 華蓋 (Chinese) 蓮花寶座 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 31.70 centimetres Width: 20.20 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print, ink on paper
IMG
![图片[1]-print; 印刷品(Chinese) BM-1919-0101-0.242-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00000099_001.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985The left-hand lotus cartouche calls Avalokiteśvara the Great Compassionate, Great Merciful Saviour from Hardship, Bodhisattva who hears the Cries of the World; the right-hand column says that the print was made for Cao Yuanzhong, the Commissioner of the Guiyi army at Dunhuang, who inherited the title in AD 946 and ruled until 975. The text below, engraved on a separate block, carries the date. Avalokiteśvara, in ‘tribhaṅga’ pose, holds a medicine bottle and lotus flower, his ‘parent’ Buddha just visible in his headdress. Other surviving impressions from the same block confirm its popularity. Avalokitesvara as Saviour from Perils remained a popular print subject as long as cave-building continued at Dunhuang. The Chinese characters on the left name the bodhisattva, and those on the right state that Cao Yuanzhong, Imperial Commissioner at Dunhuang from AD 946 to 975, commissioned the print. Image and text were cut on two separate woodblocks and were not well lined up when impressed on the paper. Half of the text is devoted to Cao Yuanzhong’s titles and responsibilities. The rest is a prayer that this yinban (printed block) may secure peace and prosperity for the region. The name of the carver, Lei Yanmei, appears at the end. Published: Stein 1921, vol. II, 974; Kikutake 1975, fig. 3; Whitfield 1982-5, vol. II, fig. 155(b)
Materials:paper, 紙 (Chinese),
Technique:woodblock, 木版 (Chinese),
Subjects:bodhisattva canopy lotus throne 菩薩 (Chinese) 華蓋 (Chinese) 蓮花寶座 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 31.70 centimetres Width: 20.20 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print, ink on paper
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985The left-hand lotus cartouche calls Avalokiteśvara the Great Compassionate, Great Merciful Saviour from Hardship, Bodhisattva who hears the Cries of the World; the right-hand column says that the print was made for Cao Yuanzhong, the Commissioner of the Guiyi army at Dunhuang, who inherited the title in AD 946 and ruled until 975. The text below, engraved on a separate block, carries the date. Avalokiteśvara, in ‘tribhaṅga’ pose, holds a medicine bottle and lotus flower, his ‘parent’ Buddha just visible in his headdress. Other surviving impressions from the same block confirm its popularity. Avalokitesvara as Saviour from Perils remained a popular print subject as long as cave-building continued at Dunhuang. The Chinese characters on the left name the bodhisattva, and those on the right state that Cao Yuanzhong, Imperial Commissioner at Dunhuang from AD 946 to 975, commissioned the print. Image and text were cut on two separate woodblocks and were not well lined up when impressed on the paper. Half of the text is devoted to Cao Yuanzhong’s titles and responsibilities. The rest is a prayer that this yinban (printed block) may secure peace and prosperity for the region. The name of the carver, Lei Yanmei, appears at the end. Published: Stein 1921, vol. II, 974; Kikutake 1975, fig. 3; Whitfield 1982-5, vol. II, fig. 155(b)
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