Period:Unknown Production date:10thC
Materials:paper, 紙 (Chinese),
Technique:woodblock, 版畫 (Chinese),
Subjects:bodhisattva mammal 菩薩 (Chinese) 哺乳動物 (Chinese) 隨侍 (Chinese) attendant
Dimensions:Height: 27.90 centimetres Width: 16.80 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in the shangtu xiawen format (illustration above, text below). The top part shows the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī seated on a lion with attendants, flanked by two inscribed cartouches, one on the right identifying him and one on the left with a dedication. The bottom part contains a prayer. Printed in ink on paper.
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![图片[1]-print; 印刷品(Chinese) BM-1919-0101-0.237-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00000096_001.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985Two slightly different versions of this print attest its popularity at Dunhuang. Both show Mañjuśrī on his lion mount, attended by a lion tamer of marked Western appearance and worshipped by a small boy. The inscription calls him Mañjuśrī from Wutai shan, the mountain in Shanxi province where, as the future Buddha, he would make his earthly abode. The oldest wooden temple buildings in China, built in AD 782 and 897, still stand there.
Materials:paper, 紙 (Chinese),
Technique:woodblock, 版畫 (Chinese),
Subjects:bodhisattva mammal 菩薩 (Chinese) 哺乳動物 (Chinese) 隨侍 (Chinese) attendant
Dimensions:Height: 27.90 centimetres Width: 16.80 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in the shangtu xiawen format (illustration above, text below). The top part shows the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī seated on a lion with attendants, flanked by two inscribed cartouches, one on the right identifying him and one on the left with a dedication. The bottom part contains a prayer. Printed in ink on paper.
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Comments:Zwalf 1985Two slightly different versions of this print attest its popularity at Dunhuang. Both show Mañjuśrī on his lion mount, attended by a lion tamer of marked Western appearance and worshipped by a small boy. The inscription calls him Mañjuśrī from Wutai shan, the mountain in Shanxi province where, as the future Buddha, he would make his earthly abode. The oldest wooden temple buildings in China, built in AD 782 and 897, still stand there.
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