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Mogao Cave 17:Medicine Buddha Traveling
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty (618–907);Ink and color on silk; 84 x 49.1 cm;Guimet Museum of Asian Art, Paris, France |
| The Medicine Buddha stands on two lotuses in the center of the picture. The Buddha holds up a blue medicine bowl in the left hand. The monk's staff held in the right hand leans against the shoulder. An elderly monk with joined palms and a younger monk holding a sutra scroll stand beside the Buddha. A canopy hangs at the top of the picture. An inscription within a cartouche in the upper right corner dedicates the painting to the deceased daughter of the sponsor. |
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