Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Yungang Grottoes: Cave 3

Accession Number: 
181777
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Cave 3 interior, seated Buddha flanked with bodhisattvas, detail
Date of View: 
6/8/2009
Image description: 
The seated buddha performs the Abhaya mudr¿ gesture of no fear and benevolence with the right hand and the welcoming Varada mudr¿ with the left.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module SIX
Culture: 
Chinese
Subject: 
Silk Road
Subject: 
Buddhism and art--China
Work Types: 
Architecture; religious structures; shrines (structures)
Work Types: 
Art; sculpture (visual works)
Work Types: 
Art; sculpture (visual works); reliefs (sculptures)
Preferred Title: 
Yungang Grottoes: Cave 3
Agent Display: 
Unknown (Chinese)
Date: 
ca. 494-525 (creation)
Materials: 
sandstone; polychrome (mineral pigment paint)
Technique: 
painting and painting techniques
Measurement: 
25 m (height, cliff face)
Alternate Title: 
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Locations: 
Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi, China
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Tang
Style/Period: 
Northern Wei
Style/Period: 
Chinese
Classification: 
Sculpture