Database for Buddhist Cave Temples in China

German Name (Another name)

3.Anlage Höhle 3

Kults Pages

pp.170-171

Plan

Fig.390

Image Links (3)

Ancient Kucha : vol.1 (1)

• 0226Ornamentation (also otherwise frequent) from the Preta cave of the third construction. Rear: brown; vine: lightgreen-grey; flower: light blue with white points and lines. Side strips: lightgreen-grey, Klutst. p. 169.

Ancient Buddhist Temples in Chinese Turkistan : vol.1 (2)

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• 0175Fig. 390a shows the cross section of the cave before the niche wall. The upper limit (its arrangement see. Fig. 390c) rises to 90 cm over the walls.
• 0175Ornamentation strip of the framework (see. Fig. 390a) TheCover 1 brown, lightgreen arabesques, light blue flowers with white points 12 cm, 2 rear, white brown arabesques color, lightgreen leaf ornament but lost the color, 8 cm, 3 a right field light blue, left light-brick-red, next in reverse, white points; disconnecting switch Λ lightgreen, white, brick-red, white, light blue, 14 cm; 4 petal, outer edge alternating: white, lightgreen, black-brown, light blue, white, etc., 12 cm; 4 center, flowers light blue on white rear, outer white on hellbauem rear, 22 cm: 6 rear white, arabesques dark-brown, darkly leaf ornamente, sky-blue with darker design, brightens white with lightgreener design, 17 cm. Fülung 7: Rear light blue, lotus flower brown with white receptacle, brown small Blümchen with knows. Points, edge strips knows. Before 7 inner of the wappen: brown slat pattern, square pattern green with white-black edge. All separating lines are lightgreen. The head of Garuḍa in the centre zone is drawn grey on white: eye rings and the upper bill are green.
• 0176Wreath owner over Buddha niche.
• 0176Cintâmaṇi on a lotus flower, h. corridor, niche at the top the Parinirvâṇabuddha. Flames: lightbrick-red, likewise receptacle of the lotus flower; flower leaves green with white. Inner edge, cross form. Strip of the jewel of the side: green, upper and lower bluish gray; triangular fields in the corners, frame lightyellow . It is unusual in comparison with the other Cintâmaṇi representation
• 0176Mouring figure with the burninig coffin of Buddhas, 3. Figure from right. In the belt a strange hilt of a sword or a whip? Not black parts are painted yellow in the original.
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• 0176Edging under the projection of the side wall. Height 6 1/2 cm. Bright part lightgreen, dark part light blue.