# The Thousand Buddhas Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China

Author: Stein, Aurel, Sir, 1862-1943; Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: Art

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67358

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## Summary

scheme fully developed on lines which, while closely resembling those of the picture last discussed, differ from those of the usual Buddhist Paradise type. It shows us Amitābha and his two chief Bodhisattvas seated on lotus thrones rising from the Sukhāvatī lake, and on the terrace forming the foreground various celestial beings characteristic of Paradise scenes.

## Chapters

- [xxii. 0023), of which this Plate reproduces remains of the left-side](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-thousand-buddhas-ancient-buddhist-paintings-from-the-cave-t-135c4c2f/chapters/2/index.md)
- [liv. 007), according to the Chinese inscription in the left-hand top](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-thousand-buddhas-ancient-buddhist-paintings-from-the-cave-t-135c4c2f/chapters/3/index.md)
- [xlvii. 001), reproduced on the scale of one-fourth, we have a Sukhāvatī](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-thousand-buddhas-ancient-buddhist-paintings-from-the-cave-t-135c4c2f/chapters/1/index.md)