Database for Buddhist Cave Temples in China

Kults Pages

pp.79-82

Plan

Fig.174a

Image Links (3)

Ancient Kucha : vol.1 (2)

• 0046Ornamentation from the Kâśyapa cave (with variants of this kind seen frequently). Kultstätten p. 81.
• 0046Edge ornamentation of Buddha aureole of the cave with the pigeons with ring, Kultstätten p. 120, where the colors are indicated.
• 0050Ornamentation from the Kâśyapa cave, also variants frequently. Kultstätten p. 81.

Ancient Buddhist Temples in Chinese Turkistan : vol.1 (1)

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• 0087Molding under the cray vault. 2 base dark red, small blue flower with white points, lightgreen stalks; 3 first leaf: black: dark nut-braun, upper side: three light blue strips, second leaf: five rose-red ribs, upper side: lightgreen.
• 0087Votive light of Buddha in 3.
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• 0087Vajrapâni from V, face white, hair light blue, hat white with brown, white-exposed balls.
• 0087Demon with dagger in the last line of the Parivâra of II, cf. lower devil cave BI A.
• 0087Hindûgod from 2. Original 30 cm. Body color: light blue, hands and face white, matte-yellow shadow, the right disk (sun) matte-brown.
• 0087Kâśyapa on the laader. Original 1.25 m height.
• 0087Ape from the vault. On a picture rest (Buddha and a God with flag), in the upper left of this scene of the Bodhisattva with burned hands. Probably ape with honey for Buddha.