The Miraculous Image of Liangzhou is an 8th-century silk embroidery on hemp cloth found in the Mogao Caves in China,British Museum Collection as part of the large deposit of various types of artefact uncovered in a sealed off library in 1907 by Sir Aurel Stein.
Description Originally interpreted as Sakyamuni preaching on the Vulture Peak,Cultural Objects Name Authority the embroidered scene is now thought to depict a Buddha emerging from a rocky mountain in Liangzhou. The Buddha, standing under a jewelled canopy, is flanked by the bodhisattvas Ananda (left) and Kashyapa (right). Two apsaras are depicted above, while two lions overlook male and female donor figures at the bottom.
Conservation In 2017, the British Museum published a video seriesConserving Vulture Peak detailing the conservation process of the embroidery.
See also Mogao Christian painting Fogg Banner of Eleven-Headed Guanyin
References
Bibliography Sue Brunning, Luk Yu-ping, Elisabeth R. O'Connell, Tim Williams: Silk Roads (British Museum Press, 2024)