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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.

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.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓 , 3D ęؔ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.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This Buddha head is believed to be from Cave 4.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head is from the seated Buddha on the west wall of Cave 18.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This Buddha head was originally belonged to the seated Buddha worshipped as the principal deity in a niche on the right wall of Tianlongshan Cave 1 in Shanxi Province, constructed in the Northern Qi period (550-577 CE). The cave is carved into the rock face of the eastern peak of Mount Tianlongshan. It comprises a front verandah imitating timber-structure architecture, and a main chamber with truncated pyramidal ceiling. The main chamber has niches carved on three sides. The Buddhasā€™ heads enshrined in them are all gone. The large niche with an arched opening on the right wall is carved with the one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas Triad. The statueā€™s body, to which this head belongs, still sits inside this cave. This Buddha head has a slightly domed uį¹£į¹‡Ä«į¹£a, smooth plain hair, an oblong face with fleshy round cheeks, a low forehead, relatively close-set eyes with lifted outer corners and curvilinear upper and lower eyelids, lips with droopy corners hinting no smile, and a dignified and solemn countenance. The statue to which this head belongs, as seen inside the cave, wears a kāį¹£Äya with collars hanging down from both shoulders, over an undergarment (saį¹ƒkakį¹£ikā) held in placed by a girdle knotted in front of the chest. The status is seated with legs locked in ā€˜lotus postureā€™ (padmāsana) on a stepped pedestal. The right elbow is bent, and the right hand, possibly in ā€˜fearless gestureā€™ (abhayamudrā), is gone. The missing left hand was likely to be in ā€˜wish granting gestureā€™ (varadamudrā). The statue has a robust build with thick broad shoulders, a stout flat chest and a slightly protruding belly. Compare with their Eastern Wei (534-550 CE) predecessors, Buddhist statuary of the Northern Qi period have more delicately depicted facial features and more emphasis on portraying the massiveness and bodyā€™s structure, setting a new standard for the new era. This Buddha head of the Northern Qi period from Tianlongshan is a representative example of this trend.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The source of this head was probably a smaller cave at Tianlongshan.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The large head is from the niche on the west wall of Cave 1.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: unknown, unknown
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: Because the Buddha head appears to be carved of limestone with the upper portion restored, it cannot be identified with any of the Tianlongshan caves.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The snail shell curls of the hair are unusual on Tang dynasty Buddhas at Tianlongshan. The specific cave from which it comes is uncertain.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head with hair rendered as raised curls is from the Buddha on the west Wall of Cave 10.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This Buddha head is from main image in the niche on the west wall of Cave 16.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha head is believed to be from the north wall of Cave 5.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha head is from the west side of the central pillar of Cave 8.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head is believed to be from the Sui dynasty cave, Cave 8.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: unknown, unknown
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head has unusual features and does not appear to have been cut from a cave wall and therefore its attribution to Tianlongshan is questionable.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This Buddha head, previously exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum, is from the north wall of Cave 16.

Buddha Seated
  • Title Translation: 坐佛
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha sits in meditation with his right hand extended downward in the gesture of bhumispara (earth touching).

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Sui, 581-618 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head is believed to be from Cave 8.

Buddha Hand
  • Title Translation: ä½›ę‰‹
  • Period: Northern Qi, 550-577 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha's hand, held in the varadamudra gesture of charity, appears to be from the north wall of Cave 16.

Buddha Seated
  • Title Translation: 坐佛
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The Buddha seated with feet resting on small supports at the base of the throne is probably Maitreya, Buddha of the future age.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Tang, 618-907 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: The head is that of the seated Maitreya Buddha on the east wall of Cave 6.

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

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • Period: Eastern Wei, 534-550 C.E.
  • Project: Tianlongshan Caves
  • Work Description: This small head resembles Buddha heads in historic photographs of Cave 3. It is missing the usnisa at the top of the head.

Buddha Head
  • Title Translation: 佛夓
  • 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.