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Western Thousand Buddha Cave 7: Standing Bodhisattvas

CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Northern Wei dynasty (386–534)
This painting is located on the right side of the central pillar 's east face. Both Bodhisattvas wear triple-disc crowns with ribbons, long stoles, and dhotis. A three-dimensional technique was used to paint the whites of the Bodhisattvas ' eyes. The technique was also used on the outlines of the stoles and on the Bodhisattvas ' earrings.

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