Period:Unknown Production date:19thC (?)
Materials:wood
Technique:carved
Subjects:buddha deity
Dimensions:Height: 58.30 centimetres Width: 20 centimetres Depth: 1.70 centimetres
Description:
A wooden printing-block, carved on both sides with text and one side also with illustration. On the side of the block with illustration: the upper register depicts the Buddha Vairocana flanked by monks; the lower register shows Aparajita Sitatapatra, carrying, bow and arrow, goad and noose, and wheel and vajra in her six hands, flanked by attendants.
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![图片[1]-printing-block BM-1948-0716.19-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00448863_001.jpg)
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Comments:A paper and ink impression was made from this woodblock and exhibited alongside it in the 1985 exhibition. Zwalf 1985This printing block is carved on both sides but only one has illustrations. The upper shows the Buddha Vairocana flanked by monks, the lower the goddess of the text flanked by attendants. The text is a ‘dhāraṇī’, or spell, called after the goddess Aparājitā Sitātapatrā, the Victorious White Parasol over the cranial bump of all the Buddhas. In the illustration she lacks the parasol and carries instead, in her six hands, bow and arrow, goad and noose, and wheel and ‘vajra’. She is said to preserve from the ill effects of planetary misfortune and belongs to the ‘family’ of Vairocana. According to the text (translated from the Sanskrit), the spell issued from the Buddha’s ‘ūrṇā’.
Materials:wood
Technique:carved
Subjects:buddha deity
Dimensions:Height: 58.30 centimetres Width: 20 centimetres Depth: 1.70 centimetres
Description:
A wooden printing-block, carved on both sides with text and one side also with illustration. On the side of the block with illustration: the upper register depicts the Buddha Vairocana flanked by monks; the lower register shows Aparajita Sitatapatra, carrying, bow and arrow, goad and noose, and wheel and vajra in her six hands, flanked by attendants.
IMG
Comments:A paper and ink impression was made from this woodblock and exhibited alongside it in the 1985 exhibition. Zwalf 1985This printing block is carved on both sides but only one has illustrations. The upper shows the Buddha Vairocana flanked by monks, the lower the goddess of the text flanked by attendants. The text is a ‘dhāraṇī’, or spell, called after the goddess Aparājitā Sitātapatrā, the Victorious White Parasol over the cranial bump of all the Buddhas. In the illustration she lacks the parasol and carries instead, in her six hands, bow and arrow, goad and noose, and wheel and ‘vajra’. She is said to preserve from the ill effects of planetary misfortune and belongs to the ‘family’ of Vairocana. According to the text (translated from the Sanskrit), the spell issued from the Buddha’s ‘ūrṇā’.
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