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Antique Chinese Dung Huang Cave Mural Reproduction
Price: $999.00
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Description
Antique (early 20th century) Chinese reproduction of a mural from the Dung Huang Cave. This piece measures approximately 33 by 21 inches and appears to be a painted clay on a wooden back with a wooden frame. It weighs almost 11 pounds.
Features stunning detail with incredible pastel coloring and gold accents.
In the history of Chinese Buddhist art and architecture, the most important link is the rock cave, or cave temple, and all of the art contained within. Cave temples are cavities of various sizes that are chiseled directly out of solid rock, sometimes directly on the face of sheer cliffs. Many are quite enormous. Within the rock caves, there are ornately carved statues, sculptures, and colourful paintings of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, arhats, and sutras. This artistic practice was started in 366 C.E. by a monastic named Le Zun, and continued until the 15th century. In some places, entire mountainsides are decorated with innumerable cave temples and gigantic carved statues. Among these countless cave temples, Dung Huang cave is the most famous for its impressive and grandiose mural.
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