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| Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell |
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Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Five Dynasties to Northern Song dynasty (907–1127); Ink and color on silk; 124 x 59 cm; Guimet Museum of Asian Art, Paris, France |
| Avalokitesvara and Ksitigarbha sit side by side on lotus thrones in the upper register of the painting. Avalokitesvara, on the left, has twelve heads and six arms. Ksitigarbha, wearing a headscarf and a monastic robe, holds a flaming wish-fulfilling jewel in the left hand and a monk's staff in the right. The colorful nimbuses and aureoles of the two Bodhisattvas are outlined with flame patterns. A canopy and flying apsaras are painted above each figure. Below the Bodhisattvas, the monk Daoming, a golden lion, and the Ten Kings of Hell surround an altar and a large vase holding a peony flower. The Ten Kings each sit behind a table, accompanied by two attendants. A piece of silk painted with three male and three female figures is stitched onto the bottom of the painting. All the images are surrounded by a red border decorated with white dots. |
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