Title

Three Celestial Attendants, ca. 6th-7th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Three Celestial Attendants, ca. 6th-7th century. The two female figures at left wear beaded textile headdresses typical of the female attendants represented in Kizil paintings, while the male figure at right wears an elaborate turban with diadems. The white highlights used to accentuate the nose and eyebrows of the male figure reflect a technique also employed in the wall paintings of Afghanistan. The presence of halos suggests that these figures were part of a host of celestial beings surrounding a Buddha in a heavenly realm.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A35_156

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NA

Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,3Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,3in x 10,0in / 4000 x 3000 (300dpi)

Keywords

religious arts country religion China art Chinese museum headdress Christianity jewellery jewelry turban turbans location century halo attendant headgear diadem celestial Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art 6th century 7th century Unknown Heritage Art Pigments on mud plaster Pigments on mud plaster Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Hans Memling