1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States collects the head of the Bodhisattva in the Xiangtangshan Grottoes
The statue of the Bodhisattva was purchased in 1914 through the museum's Rogers Fund. The crown worn by the bodhisattva is unknown, and the center is inlaid with a huge gemstone, which is gorgeous and solemn. Handsome face, large earlobes and shoulders. The eyes are slender, the corners of the mouth are upturned, and the smile is kind. The carved lines of the brow bone and nose are straight, and the knife technique is smooth. The sculpting of the entire face is delicate and delicate, and the face dialyzes out a metallic luster.
Second, the Metropolitan Museum of Art collects the head of the Bodhisattva in the Xiangtangshan Grottoes
This is the head of the Xiangtangshan Bodhisattva donated by Lu Qinzhai to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1951, and is 81.3 centimeters high. The crown worn by the bodhisattva is unknown. Face is clean, large earlobes and shoulders. The eyes are slender, the corners of the mouth are upturned, and the smile is kind. The carved lines of the brow bone and nose are straight, and the knife technique is smooth. The sculpting of the entire face is delicate and delicate, dialyzing out a metallic luster. There is a distinct longitudinal crack on the right side of the face, and it is not known whether it is a traumatic mark left when it was peeled off.
3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States collects the buddha head statue of the Xiangtangshan Grottoes
The Buddha statues in the Xiangtangshan Grottoes in Handan, Hebei, China, are exquisitely carved and cleverly conceived, with distinct characteristics of the times. It is contrary to the character modeling mode of "deep eyes, high nose, thin bones and fresh wind" in the middle and late Northern Wei Dynasty, and opens up a strong, solid and thick style; it is an artistic style that is transitioned from the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi to the Tang Dynasty. But about a century ago, the Xiangtangshan Grottoes began to suffer large-scale theft and destruction, and a large number of Buddha statues were stolen overseas.
4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States collects the head of the Bodhisattva in Cave 21 of Tianlong Mountain, Shanxi
On the north wall of Cave 21, there was originally a group of sculptures of one Buddha and two bodhisattvas. This bodhisattva head is the head of the bodhisattva on the west side of this group, and the body of this bodhisattva is now in the Izumitsu Museum of Art in Japan.
5. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, collects the three-colored Arhat statue of the Eight Buddhas in Yi County, Hebei Province
6. The Harvard University Art Museum (Sackler Museum) in the United States collects the seated statue of Shakyamuni Buddha
The seated statue of Shakyamuni Buddha in the collection of the Harvard University Art Museum (Sackler Museum) in the United States is from Cave 21 of the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Shanxi, China; the north wall of Cave 21 originally had a group of one Buddha and two Bodhisattva sculptures. This seated statue of Shakyamuni Buddha is the seated statue of the lord in this group of sculptures.
The head of the bodhisattva on the west side of this group of statues is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the body of the bodhisattva on the west side is now in the Izumitsu Museum of Art in Japan. The head of the bodhisattva on the east side is now in the Nezu Museum of Art in Japan, and the one Buddha and two bodhisattvas have been divided between four museums in two countries. This seated statue of Shakyamuni Buddha is one of the many Buddha statues that were looted and stolen from The Tenryu Mountain by the Japanese Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce.
7. Flying Relief of Tianlong Mountain collected by the Sackler Museum of Harvard University in the United States
The catastrophe of the Tianlongshan Grottoes occurred in the 1920s, when Japanese profiteers colluded with mainland antique dealers to loot Tianlong Mountain, and from 1923 to 1924, in just one year, the treasures operated from the Eastern Wei Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty 500 years - nearly 200 statues were excavated, including all the Buddha heads, bodhisattva heads, reliefs and algae wells in almost all the caves.
8. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, collects the three-colored Luohan statue of the Eight Buddhas in Yi County, Hebei Province
9. The University of Pennsylvania Museum in the United States holds the head of the Bodhisattva
10. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, collects the three-colored Luohan statue of the Eight Buddhas in Yi County, Hebei Province
After being first discovered by the Japanese Shikanosuke Terasawa in the early years of the Republic of China, it was noticed by the German sinologist Bercysky. Antique dealers from all sides colluded with villagers to smuggle Luohan to Beijing for sale, and when they learned of this, Yixian officials stopped it, but it was too late, most of the Luohan had been stolen, and the Luohan who had not been shipped out for a while was also broken due to the competition among the villagers. The remaining fragments were allegedly transported to the backyard of the Yi County Official, but were then missing.
11. Collection of the Nelson Museum of Art, USA
Shanxi Tianlongshan Grottoes Cave 17 Game Sit Bodhisattva Statue
The top of the bodhisattva's head is combed into a noble bun, decorated with a crown of jewels and flowers, and the ribbon floats down to the shoulders. The face is plump and beautiful, the eyebrows are curved and delicate, the eyes are half-open, the nose is straight and straight, and the small mouth is slightly sniffed, shaped like a diamond horn. His ears are drooping and his expression is quiet and peaceful. The bodhisattva's body is plump and well-proportioned, showing the soft and elastic feeling of the flesh.
12. Collection of the Tokyo National Museum
Statue of the Thousand Buddha Murals in the Thousand Buddha Cave of Baizi Creek, Xinjiang, China
In 1903, Tachibana and Eizaburo Nomura first excavated here, and not much was obtained. In 1908, they returned again, hired local migrant workers, conducted a large-scale search and excavation, and found a large number of precious murals. The Japanese, angry at the way Europeans stole the murals, also took out a special "foxtail saw" and cut these exquisite murals and transported them back to Japan. This "Thousand Body Buddha Mural" is one of the murals that was cut down by the Mitsurui Otani Expedition that year.
13. The Metropolitan Museum of Art collects the head of the Buddha in the Xiangtangshan Grottoes
The head of this Buddha's head is low and flat, the face is full of flesh, and the shoulders are large on the sides. The eyebrows are slender, the eyes are slender, the eyes are looking down, the mouth is upturned, and the smile is kind. The carving of the entire face is delicate and rounded, expressing the good qualities of the Buddha one by one, perfectly and accurately. The view of the Buddha statue from the front is serene and tranquil, which makes people respect the sacred solemnity of Buddhism.
14. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Eight Buddhas in Yi County, Hebei Province, three-colored Arhat statue of the Liao Dynasty
15. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
16. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
17. Collection of the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University
The tang dynasty mural bust statue on the south wall of Mogao Cave 320
The mural was stolen from the first Fogg Chinese expedition led by Langdon Warner in 1924 at the southern wall of Cave 320 of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang.
18. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Henan Longmen Binyang Cave Northern Wei Xiaowen Emperor Li Buddha Map
The relief is centered on Emperor Xiaowen, forming a front cluster and a rear-hugging ceremonial Buddha marching queue. The picture composition is rigorous, staggered and harmonious and unified, vividly showing us the magnificent scene of the Northern Wei royal family and nobles advocating Buddhism and lining up to worship the Buddha 1500 years ago, which is a vivid reproduction of the social and religious life of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is also a representative work of Buddhist statues and Chinese, and it is a well-deserved national treasure. Stolen to the United States in the 1930s during the chaos of the war, it was placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, usa, and became one of the treasures of the museum.
19. The right palm of the big Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes Lushena
The exquisitely carved right palm is from the world-famous Fengxian Temple in China's Longmen Grottoes , the Lushena Buddha; in 1934, Pu Ellen, director of the Far Eastern Art Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States, made a special trip to China to search for art treasures, a so-called "cultural relics scientist" whose profession was to collect and steal ancient Chinese cultural relics. He stole a large number of stone carved Buddha statues and heads from The Dragon Gate, Yungang and other grottoes in China. In the face of the huge Longmen Grottoes Lushena Buddha statue, they really couldn't move their hands, but they actually stolen their right palms away. What we see now is the right palm of the Great Buddha of Lushena, who was stolen by Ellen Putin to the United States.
20. Collection of the Tokyo National Museum
Xinjiang Baizi Creek Thousand Buddha Cave Mural "Kneeling Statue of a Bodhisattva holding a plate"
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Otani Guangrui Expedition, composed of Japanese monks, arrived at the Bezi Creek Grottoes in Xinjiang and conducted a large-scale search and excavation, resulting in a large number of precious cultural relics. This exquisite mural was cut from the Thousand Buddha Cave in Berzi Creek and brought back to China.
21. The University of Pennsylvania Museum in the United States holds the head of the Bodhisattva
22. Collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
The 121 cm tall statue of Rohan was purchased by Bimber in Paris, France, in June 1914 from the German merchant Edgar Wöcher. In 1916, he bought a three-color hollow base from Lu Qinzhai.
23. Collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
Stone statue of the head of Shakyamuni Buddha in The Xiangtangshan Grottoes in Northern Qi, Hebei
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