Skip to main content
scroll

1919,0101,0.83*

MATE00137

Overview

show / hide Overview

Title

Sketches of hand mudras.

Date

851 to 900

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 15.4 centimetres, width 143.5 centimetres

Material

MATE00137

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 00143. Paper scroll containing drawings of pairs of hands in mystic poses and some Bodhisattvas illustrating attitudes of arms. Pairs of hands number thirty-eight, Bodhisattvas eleven; drawing of figs. following Indian tradition, but rude. Poses of hands all different, without explanatory inscriptions. Six most usual mudrās: dharmacakra, vitarka, vara, abhaya, dhyāna, and bhūmisparśa, not represented.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00143

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Related items