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Mogao Cave 17: Standing Bodhisattva
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Mogao Cave 17: Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Five Dynasties (907–960); Ink and color on linen; 170 x 26 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
This banner was discovered in Mogao Cave 17. The Bodhisattva stands with joined palms and wears a headdress over a topknot. A nimbus surrounds the head. The Bodhisattva wears earrings, a necklace, and bracelets. A red stole is draped over the right shoulder and a dark green stole encircles the arms. The folds on the red dhoti are implied by unpainted spaces.
The triangular headpiece is made unconventionally from the same piece of linen as the body, and decorated with red flowers and green leaves in the center and a patterned drapery below. The upper edges are bordered by a broad yellow strip. |
