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Sacred Caves of the Silk Road: Ways of Knowing and Re-Creating Dunhuang

October 3 – January 10, 2016

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Presented by Princeton University Art Museum

Presented by Princeton University Art Museum

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Organized by the Princeton University Art Museum with the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art. This exhibition has been made possible by generous lead support from the Dunhuang Foundation. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/1639

11 Artworks

James and Lucy Lo

Mogao Cave 397, Sui dynasty (581–618). Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photograph taken in 1943–44. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Period of Disunity, 220–589

Tomb Figure: standing camel, early 6th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Song dynasty, 960–1279

Illustration of Avalokiteśvara, probably 11th–12th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Treatise of the Saṃmitīya School (Sanmidi bu lun 三彌底部論; Skt. Sāṃmitīyanikāyaśāstra)

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Mogao Cave 393, Sui dynasty (581–618). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Western Wei dynasty, 535–557

Celestial Maiden (apsara), holding a lotus blossom, mid-6th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing 大般若波羅蜜多經; Skt. Mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra), chapter 329, 8th–early 9th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Face of Ananda, an attendant of the Buddha, 700-750

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang to Yuan dynasty

Decorative and figurative images, 7th–14th centuries

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Parinirvana, Mogao Cave 158, dated Middle Tang dynasty (781–848). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Ceiling, Mogao Cave 387, dated High Tang dynasty (705– 780). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943-44

Princeton University Art Museum

11 Artworks:

James and Lucy Lo

Mogao Cave 397, Sui dynasty (581–618). Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photograph taken in 1943–44. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Song dynasty, 960–1279

Illustration of Avalokiteśvara, probably 11th–12th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Treatise of the Saṃmitīya School (Sanmidi bu lun 三彌底部論; Skt. Sāṃmitīyanikāyaśāstra)

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Ceiling, Mogao Cave 387, dated High Tang dynasty (705– 780). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943-44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Western Wei dynasty, 535–557

Celestial Maiden (apsara), holding a lotus blossom, mid-6th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Face of Ananda, an attendant of the Buddha, 700-750

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Mogao Cave 393, Sui dynasty (581–618). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing 大般若波羅蜜多經; Skt. Mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra), chapter 329, 8th–early 9th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Period of Disunity, 220–589

Tomb Figure: standing camel, early 6th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang to Yuan dynasty

Decorative and figurative images, 7th–14th centuries

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Parinirvana, Mogao Cave 158, dated Middle Tang dynasty (781–848). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Mogao Cave 397, Sui dynasty (581–618). Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photograph taken in 1943–44. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Treatise of the Saṃmitīya School (Sanmidi bu lun 三彌底部論; Skt. Sāṃmitīyanikāyaśāstra)

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Ceiling, Mogao Cave 387, dated High Tang dynasty (705– 780). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943-44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Western Wei dynasty, 535–557

Celestial Maiden (apsara), holding a lotus blossom, mid-6th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Song dynasty, 960–1279

Illustration of Avalokiteśvara, probably 11th–12th century

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Parinirvana, Mogao Cave 158, dated Middle Tang dynasty (781–848). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing 大般若波羅蜜多經; Skt. Mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra), chapter 329, 8th–early 9th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang dynasty, 618–907

Face of Ananda, an attendant of the Buddha, 700-750

Princeton University Art Museum

James and Lucy Lo

Mogao Cave 393, Sui dynasty (581–618). Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Lo Archive, Photograph taken in 1943–44

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Period of Disunity, 220–589

Tomb Figure: standing camel, early 6th century

Princeton University Art Museum

Chinese, Tang to Yuan dynasty

Decorative and figurative images, 7th–14th centuries

Princeton University Art Museum

Presented by Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum

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