Miraculous Image of Liangzhou
| Miraculous Image of Liangzhou | |
|---|---|
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| Material | Silk |
| Size | 2.4 m high, 1.6 m wide |
| Created | 8th century AD |
| Present location | British Museum, London |
| Registration | MAS,0.1129 |
The Miraculous Image of Liangzhou is an 8th-century silk embroidery on hemp cloth found in the Mogao Caves in China,[1] as part of the large deposit of various types of artefact uncovered in a sealed off library in 1907 by Sir Aurel Stein.
Description
[edit]Originally interpreted as Sakyamuni preaching on the Vulture Peak,[2] the embroidered scene is now thought to depict a Buddha emerging from a rocky mountain in Liangzhou. The Buddha, standing under a jewelled canopy, is flanked by the bodhisattvas Ananda (left) and Kashyapa (right). Two apsaras are depicted above, while two lions overlook male and female donor figures at the bottom.
Conservation
[edit]In 2017, the British Museum published a video series[3] detailing the conservation process of the embroidery.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Sue Brunning, Luk Yu-ping, Elisabeth R. O'Connell, Tim Williams: Silk Roads (British Museum Press, 2024)
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