Early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia Volume 3, The Western Ch'in in Kansu in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and inter-relationships with the Buddhist art of Gandhara / by Marylin Martin Rhie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhie, Marylin M.

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. China ; Vierte Abteilung, v. 12/3.

Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 4, China, 0169-9520 ; vol. 12/3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Central Asian.

Art, Chinese.

Buddhist art--Asia, Central.

Buddhist art--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1017 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, third in a series on the early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, centers on Buddhist art from the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in eastern Kansu (northwest China), primarily from the cave temples of Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan. A detailed chronological and iconographic study of sculptures and wall paintings in Cave 169 at Ping-ling ssu particularly yields a chronological framework for unlocking the difficult issues of dating early fifth century Chinese Buddhist art, and offers some new insights into textual sources in the Lotus, Hua-yen and Amitabha sutras. Further, this study introduces the iconographpy of the five Buddhas and its relation to the art of Gandhara and the famous five colossal T'an-yao caves at Yün-kang.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Chapter One The Western Ch’in (385-431 A.D.): History and Buddhism

Chapter Two Bronze Buddha Altar from Ching-ch’uan

Chapter Three Ping-ling ssu Stone Caves: Introduction and Niche No. 1

Chapter Four Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: West (Rear) Wall

Chapter Five Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: East and South Walls

Chapter Six Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: North Wall (I)

Chapter Seven Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: North Wall (II)

Chapter Eight The Five Buddhas and Sets of Multiple Buddhas in the Art of Gandhāra and Afghanistan and their Relation to Cave 169 at Ping-ling ssu and the Five T’an-yao Caves at Yün-kang

Chapter Nine Mai-chi shan: Early Caves

Conclusions: Volume III

Appendix I: Communication Routes during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period

Appendix II: Table of Texts Regarding Amitāyus and Sukhāvatī

Bibliography

Index

Color Plates.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-85246-2

90-04-19019-8

OCLC:

823381013

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004184008.i-960 DOI