Period:Unknown Production date:6thC-7thC
Materials:plaster
Technique:painted
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 82.50 centimetres (including frame) Width: 50 centimetres (including frame) Depth: 5 centimetres (including frame)
Description:
Fragmentary wall-painting showing a standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara before a mandorla. His upper body is bare except for a stole and the jewellery he wears, which includes a necklace, armlets and bracelets. On his head, which is surrounded by a halo, he wears a tiara with a large jewel in the centre. Inside the jewel a Dhyani-Buddha is depicted. The right hand of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara is held before his breast and holds a long-necked vase. His left hand is held in front of his thighs as if gathering his robe. The green, red, white, pink and bacl pigments used to colour this wall-painting are much faded but still visible.
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![图片[1]-wall-painting BM-1919-0101-0.277-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Paintings/mid_01172477_001.jpg)
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Materials:plaster
Technique:painted
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 82.50 centimetres (including frame) Width: 50 centimetres (including frame) Depth: 5 centimetres (including frame)
Description:
Fragmentary wall-painting showing a standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara before a mandorla. His upper body is bare except for a stole and the jewellery he wears, which includes a necklace, armlets and bracelets. On his head, which is surrounded by a halo, he wears a tiara with a large jewel in the centre. Inside the jewel a Dhyani-Buddha is depicted. The right hand of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara is held before his breast and holds a long-necked vase. His left hand is held in front of his thighs as if gathering his robe. The green, red, white, pink and bacl pigments used to colour this wall-painting are much faded but still visible.
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