CENTER FOR THE ART OF EAST ASIA
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
List Gallery

Showing  2551 - 2575 of 3048 Records

Relevance Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Date (Ascending) Date (Descending)
25 50 100
Showing  2551 - 2575 of 3048 Records
  Map Filter   Date Filter

47 Harvard Art Museums 36 National Museum of Asian Art 33 Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts 32 private collection 31 unknown 29 Tokyo National Museum 21 Museum Rietberg 20 University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 16 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 14 Nezu Art Museum 13 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco 10 Cleveland Museum of Art 10 Columbia University 10 Metropolitan Museum of Art 8 Museo nazionale d’arte orientale 8 Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde 7 Honolulu Museum of Art 7 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 7 San Diego Museum of Art 6 Barnes Foundation 6 British Museum 6 Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium 6 National Museum of China 6 Philadelphia Museum of Art 5 Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum 5 Victoria and Albert Museum 4 Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst 4 Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 4 Royal Ontario Museum 4 University of Tokyo, Museum of Art and History 3 Art Institute of Chicago 3 Cincinnati Art Museum 3 Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library 2 Clark Art Institute 2 Detroit Institute of Arts 2 Idemitsu Museum of Art 2 J. J. Lally & Co. New York 2 Kyushu National Museum 2 Masaki Art Museum 2 Miho Museum 2 Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2 Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka 2 Nara National Museum 2 National Gallery of Victoria 2 Ohara Museum of Art 2 Rijksmuseum 2 Seattle Art Museum 2 Villa I Tatti 2 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2 Wadsworth Atheneum 1 Aurora Art Museum 1 Brooklyn Museum of Art 1 Cernuschi Museum 1 Guimet Museum 1 Kosetsu Museum of Art 1 Morgan Library & Museum 1 Nezu Museum 1 Palace Museum 1 Portland Art Museum 1 Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art
Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛头
  • Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha head was cut from the south side of the central pillar of Cave 8.
581 - 618

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛头
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This finely carved head of the Buddha is from the east wall of Cave 18.
618 - 907

Bodhisattva Head
  • Title Translation: 菩萨头
  • Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head is from one of the standing bodhisattvas on the west wall of Cave 8.
581 - 618

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛头
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha head is from the main image on the east wall of Cave 2.
534 - 550

Bodhisattva Head
  • Title Translation: 菩萨头
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This head, in a private collection, is believed to be from the niche on the north wall of Cave 16.
550 - 577

Disciple Relief
  • Title Translation: 弟子浮雕
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The youthful disciple appears to have a pinch of incense in his right hand to place in the censer of the elderly disciple on the opposite wall of Cave 3.
534 - 550

Bodhisattva Relief
  • Title Translation: 菩萨浮雕
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The bodhisattva is Manjusri and would have been situated in Cave 3 opposite the relief figure of Vimalakirti.
534 - 550

Bodhisattva Relief
  • Title Translation: 菩萨浮雕
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The heavenly divinity carved in relief is holding a bowl in the gesture of offering.
534 - 550

Bodhisattva Relief
  • Title Translation: 菩萨浮雕
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The figure stands in a pose of reverence to the sculpted Buddha and bodhisattvas in the niche on the west wall of Cave 3.
534 - 550

Bodhisattva Head
  • Title Translation: 菩萨头
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head appears to be from a bodhisattva on the west wall of Cave 1.
550 - 577

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 seated bodhisattva on the east wall of Cave 18.
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 the seated bodhisattva on the north wall, east side, Cave 18.
618 - 907

Bodhisattva Standing
  • Title Translation: 立菩萨
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The sculpture is believed to have been taken from the east wall of Cave 18.
618 - 907

Bodhisattva Head
  • Title Translation: 菩萨头
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head appears to be from a standing bodhisattva on the west wall of Cave 2.
534 - 550

Bodhisattva Head
  • Title Translation: 菩萨头
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head with its ornate crown is from Cave 16.
550 - 577

Cave 16
  • Title Translation: 第十六窟
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 16 is the most important Northern Qi cave at the Tianlongshan site. The porch still has elements of post and lintel construction and bracketing supporting the overhanging eave that derive from construction in wood. The interior had fine sculptures that partially remain. The cave is now inaccessible from the path, which may account for its relatively good state of preservation.
618 - 907

Cave 16
  • Title Translation: 第十六窟
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 16 is the most important Northern Qi cave at the Tianlongshan site. The porch still has elements of post and lintel construction and bracketing supporting the overhanging eave that derive from construction in wood. The interior had fine sculptures that partially remain. The cave is now inaccessible from the path, which may account for its relatively good state of preservation.
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 2
  • Title Translation: 第二窟
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 2 and 3, the paired caves, are believed to be from the Eastern Wei period and are the earliest caves at Tianlongshan. They are located on the eastern side of the Tianlongshan caves site and below the upper level caves. Cave 2 is on the right. The caves are distinctive for the many relief carvings on the walls and ceiling, most of which have been removed.
534 - 550

Cave 2
  • Title Translation: 第二窟
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 2 and 3, the paired caves, are believed to be from the Eastern Wei period and are the earliest caves at Tianlongshan. They are located on the eastern side of the Tianlongshan caves site and below the upper level caves. Cave 2 is on the right. The caves are distinctive for the many relief carvings on the walls and ceiling, most of which have been removed.
534 - 550

Cave 3
  • Title Translation: 第三窟
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Like Cave 2, Cave 3 has a square plan with Buddha and bodhisattva images with relief carvings on three walls.
534 - 550

Cave 4
  • Title Translation: 第四窟
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 4 is a small cave of the Tang dynasty. The existing porch in front of the entrance is about 1.5 meters wide. There were originally seven sculpted figures in the cave, a seated Buddha on the back wall, two seated bodhisattvas in the corners on the east and west side, and four standing figures. Most have been cut away.
618 - 907

Cave 4
  • Title Translation: 第四窟
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 4 is a small cave of the Tang dynasty. The existing porch in front of the entrance is about 1.5 meters wide. There were originally seven sculpted figures in the cave, a seated Buddha on the back wall, two seated bodhisattvas in the corners on the east and west side, and four standing figures. Most have been cut away.
618 - 907

Cave 5
  • Title Translation: 第五窟
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 5 is a small Tang dynasty cave whose front wall is now missing so that its original plan and contents are now unknown. Two seated images remain, a Buddha and bodhisattva.
618 - 907

Cave 6
  • Title Translation: 第六窟
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Cave 6 is a small square cave of the Tang period that had nine sculpted images on the interior, with a central seated Buddha on the back and side walls accompanied by bodhisattvas and disciples.
618 - 907