Overview
show / hide OverviewTitle
Buddha preaching the law [Amitābha or Sākyamuni].
Date
701 to 750
Find site
Measurement
height 139 centimetres, width 101.7 centimetres
Material
Language / script
Subject
Description
Scope and content : Ch. liii. 001. Large silk painting representing prob. Amitābha and attendants, with donors. Complete except for corners and border, and in good condition. Simple in design, containing only thirteen figs. besides donors: Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Māhāsthāma, six shaven disciples, two smaller Bodhisattvas, and two nymphs. Cf. *Ch.0051, etc. Amitābha sits with legs interlocked, R. hand in vitarkamudrā, L. below it at breast, hanging from wrist, with second and third fingers bent up. His mantle, vivid crimson lined with pale green and blue, is wrapped round both shoulders and arms; his flesh yellow shaded with red, which has changed to a curious iridescent mauve giving effect of copper; his hair bright cobalt-blue; small moustache and imperial green.
Institution
Historical information
show / hide Historical informationProvenance
Find site identifier
DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.liii.001
Find site description
Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
References
show / hide References© British Museum
The British Museum Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum