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Buddha Head, 3D model
- Title Translation: 佛头 , 3D 模型
- Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head is believed to be from Cave 8.
581 - 618
Bodhisattva Seated, 3D model
- Title Translation: 坐菩萨 , 3D 模型
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The unusually well-preserved bodhisattva figure seated in royal ease has one hand raised, holding a jewel.
618 - 907
Devotee Relief, 3D model
- Title Translation: 信徒浮雕 , 3D 模型
- Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The devotees hold an incense burner and long-stemmed lotus buds as offerings.
534 - 550
Tianlongshan Caves
- Title Translation: 天龙山石窟
- Period: Eastern Wei, 534-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
534 - 907
Tianlongshan Caves
- Title Translation: 天龙山石窟
- Period: Eastern Wei, 534-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
534 - 907
Bodhisattva Standing, 3D model
- Title Translation: 立菩萨 , 3D 模型
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The figure is likely to be from one of the smaller caves at Tianlongshan where it stood as an attendant to the Buddha with hands held together in reverence.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Standing, 3D model
- Title Translation: 立菩萨 , 3D 模型
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The figure is likely to be from one of the smaller caves at Tianlongshan where it stood as an attendant to the Buddha with hands held together in reverence.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head is believed to be from a standing bodhisattva on the west wall of Cave 17.
618 - 907
Finial Phoenix
- Title Translation: 凤凰
- Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The finely carved piece is part of a phoenix that once stood on top of a column beside the entrance of Cave 8.
581 - 618
Bodhisattva Torso
- Title Translation: 菩萨身
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head has been reattached to the neck and chest and does not appear to fit perfectly. Therefore people have expressed doubt that they are from the same figure originally.
618 - 907
Buddha Seated
- Title Translation: 坐佛
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: Buddhas seated in this pose can be identified as Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. The figure is believed to be from the upper level Cave 3.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head is from the seated bodhisattva on the east wall of Cave 17 at the proper left side of the Maitreya Buddha.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head is a seated bodhisattva figure from the north (back) wall of Cave 21 that was formerly in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, and is now in the National Museum of China.
618 - 907
Buddha Seated
- Title Translation: 坐佛
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: One of the finest and best-preserved sculptures from Tianlongshan, this Buddha figure was the principal image in Cave 21.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Standing
- Title Translation: 立菩萨
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The small figure stands in a graceful dance-like pose and wears a royal costume with jewelry and long scarf the ends of which it holds in the hands.
618 - 907
Cave 1
- Title Translation: 第一窟
- Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: Cave 1 is located at the far eastern end of the Tianlongshan caves site more than thirty meters from the the next cave, Cave 2. It is one of the larger caves, believed to be of the Northern Qi period. The facade still has part of the eave over the entrance porch showing architectural elements of posts and brackets and tiled roof carved in stone. The porch is about 3.5 meters wide and has an old stele carved on the right side. There was a dedicatory inscription carved on it, but only a few characters are now legible. The interior is a square chamber with niches on the back and side walls, each formerly containing a seated Buddha and two bodhisattvas.
550 - 577
Cave 1
- Title Translation: 第一窟
- Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: Cave 1 is located at the far eastern end of the Tianlongshan caves site more than thirty meters from the the next cave, Cave 2. It is one of the larger caves, believed to be of the Northern Qi period. The facade still has part of the eave over the entrance porch showing architectural elements of posts and brackets and tiled roof carved in stone. The porch is about 3.5 meters wide and has an old stele carved on the right side. There was a dedicatory inscription carved on it, but only a few characters are now legible. The interior is a square chamber with niches on the back and side walls, each formerly containing a seated Buddha and two bodhisattvas.
550 - 577
Cave 1
- Title Translation: 第一窟
- Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: Cave 1 is located at the far eastern end of the Tianlongshan caves site more than thirty meters from the the next cave, Cave 2. It is one of the larger caves, believed to be of the Northern Qi period. The facade still has part of the eave over the entrance porch showing architectural elements of posts and brackets and tiled roof carved in stone. The porch is about 3.5 meters wide and has an old stele carved on the right side. There was a dedicatory inscription carved on it, but only a few characters are now legible. The interior is a square chamber with niches on the back and side walls, each formerly containing a seated Buddha and two bodhisattvas.
550 - 577
Buddha Head
- Title Translation: 佛头 , 3D 模型
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: This impressive head is from the principle image of Cave 14, the seated Maitreya Buddha on the north wall.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: This head is believed to be from a standing bodhisattva in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Its current situation is unknown.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head is known only from a 1928 sales catalog of Yamanaka and Co.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The head is from the west wall of Cave 16.
550 - 577
Buddha Head
- Title Translation: 佛头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: This Buddha head is believed to be from Cave 4.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The photograph of this fine head of a bodhisattva on the west wall of Cave 14 in the early 1920s shows that it was missing the topknot and nose which have not been repaired.
618 - 907
Bodhisattva Head
- Title Translation: 菩萨头
- Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
- Project: Tianlongshan Caves
- Work Description: The bodhisattva head is from a standing figure on the east wall of Cave 8.
581 - 618