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ArH 382: Art of the Silk Route: Miran and Kizil

  1. Winged apsara. Late 3rd c. Miran: shrine III. Wall painting, 44.4 x 53.4 cm..
  2. Preaching Buddha, detail from larger scene. Late3rd c. Miran: shrine III. Wall painting.
  3. View of Kizil grottoes, Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, Tarim Basin.
  4. Seated Vajrapani. Kizil: Cave of the Statues, c. 500. Wall painting, 57.0 x 40.0 cm. Schist, H. 78 cm. Gandhara, 3rd-4th c.
  5. Swimmers. Kizil: Cave of the Seafarers, c. 500. Wall painting, 37.8 x 39.5 cm.
  6. Bodhisattva Maitreya and attendants, in Tushita Heaven. Kizil, Maya Cave, early 7th c. Wall painting, 104.4 x 261.0 cm.
  7. Detail of Maitreya.
  8. Detail of attendants on Maitreya's left side.
  9. Tympanum and section of painted barrel vault, Cave 17. Kizil.
  10. View of right side of barrel vault, with jataka scenes within mountainous settings. Cave 17, Kizil.
  11. Small scenes with Buddha figures, worshippers, and jataka tales. Cave 38, Kizil.
  12. Jataka scene of hermit preaching the law to four animals, within a mountainous setting. From barrel vault paintings, Cave 171, Kizil.
  13. Scene from Mahakapi Jataka about the Bodhisattva as Monkey King, forming a bridge over the river. Jataka scene from barrel vault, Cave 17, Kizil.
  14. King Ajatashatru, detail of larger scene. Maya Cave, Kizil, early 7th c..
  15. King Ajatashatru's minister informing the King of the Buddha's parinirvana. Maya Cave, Kizil, early 7th c.
  16. Head of Mahakashyapa, probably from a scene relating to the Buddha's parinirvana. Large Cave, Kizil, early 7th c.
  17. Head of an attendant at the Buddha's parinirvana. Cave 60, Kizil. H. 59 cm.
  18. Story of the conversion of the Shanai-Gandharva; or two musicians. Cave 13, Kizil. 210 x 130 cm.
  19. Damaged wall painting of Maitreya in thought. Main chamber, Cave 38, Kizil.

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