Mogao Caves - Gallery

Gallery

  • A painting of Xuanzang performing ceremonies for the Buddha.

  • Another figure of Xuanzang

  • 10th century mural from Cave 61, showing Tang Buddhist monasteries of Mount Wutai, Shanxi province

  • The travel of Zhang Qian to the West, complete view, c. 700 CE

  • The travel of Zhang Qian to the West, close-up view of Emperor Han Wudi (156 – 87 BCE) worshipping two statues of the Buddha

  • A Tang Chinese silk landscape painting depicting a young Sakyamuni cutting his hair

  • Vajrapani Painting at Mogao Caves (Library Cave)

  • Bandit attacks

  • Mural of bodhisattvas

  • Vaishravana riding across the waters. Five Dynasties, mid-10th century CE.

  • Worshipping Bodhisattva, cave 285, Wei Dynasty.

  • An illustration of Sakyamuni's temptation by Mara

  • Dancer, cave 220, early Tang Dynasty.

  • Section of mural commemorating victory of Zhang Yichao over the Tibetans. Cave 156, Late Tang.

  • Wife of Dunhuang ruler Cao Yanlu who was the daughter of the King of Khotan wearing elaborate headdress decorated with jade pieces. Cave 61, Five Dynasties.

  • Depiction of the avadana story of Five Hundred Robbers. Cave 285, Western Wei.

  • Uighur king attended by servants. Cave 409, Western Xia.

  • Figures from cave 409, Western Xia.

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