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This book, third in a series on the early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, centers on Buddhist art from the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in eastern Kansu (northwest China), primarily from the cave temples of Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan. A detailed chronological and iconographic study of sculptures and wall paintings in Cave 169 at Ping-ling ssu particularly yields a chronological framework for unlocking the difficult issues of dating early fifth century Chinese Buddhist art, and offers some new insights into textual sources in the Lotus, Hua-yen and Amitabha sutras. Further, this study introduces the iconographpy of the five Buddhas and its relation to the art of Gandhara and the famous five colossal T'an-yao caves at Yün-kang.

Art, Central Asian. --- Art, Buddhist--China. --- Art, Chinese. --- Art, Buddhist--Asia, Central. --- Chinese art --- Central Asian art --- Art, Chinese --- Art, Gandhara --- Buddhist art --- S17/0215 --- S17/0500 --- S32/1100 --- Art, Buddhist --- Art, Lamaist --- Art --- Buddhism and art --- Gandhara art --- China: Art and archaeology--Archaeology: Three Kingdoms till Song --- China: Art and archaeology--Buddhist art: general --- Central Asia--Civilization, culture and art