1919,0101,0.141

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 0036. Painted silk banner; top and bottom and all accessories lost. Silk split in places but otherwise well preserved, and colours fresh. Subject: Mañjuśrī, on white lion led by Indian attendant. The whole ¾ L. Good example of preservation of Indian tradition in Chinese Buddhist art. For other examples (in Chinese style) see Ch. 0023; xxii. 001, and (without lion) Ch. xxii. 004. M. sits on scarlet lotus supported on gold pedestal on lion’s back; R. leg bent across in tailor-fashion, L. pendent with small blue lotus under foot. R. hand on knee in vara-mudrā, L. resting on Padmāsana and holding long-stemmed narrow-petalled lotus, prob. intended for blue utpala, but coloured pink.