ID: 700008897 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008897	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Mogao Cave 323 (rock-cut temple; N/A; antechamber, corridor and the ...)

Note: Mid-sized, Early Tang cave with an antechamber and a corridor. The main square chamber has a truncated pyramidal ceiling. The special feature of this cave are the murals, with rich content on the south and north walls illustrating the history of Buddhism in China. These paintings form a series of narratives, with events depicted arranged in chronological order from the Han to the Sui (the 3rd century BCE to the 7th century CE). A new layer of mural was painted on parts of the walls during each of the renovations. All paintings on the north and south walls, the ceilings of the cave and niche, and part of the east wall are originals.

Titles:

Mogao Cave 323 (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: object grouping

Work Types:

rock-cut temple [300007623] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, temples (buildings), <temples by form>)

assemblage (archaeological artifacts) [300256847]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by general context>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

assemblages

Creation Date: antechamber, corridor and the entrance wall were renovated in the Five Dynasties (907-960) and the Western Xia (1036-1227)

Creator Display:

N/A [preferred]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: rockcut architecture, murals

	rock-cut (construction technique) [300404381]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	mural painting (image-making) [300178677]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting (image-making))

Dimensions: mid-sized cave

Cultures:

(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Early Tang [300404617] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Tang (Chinese culture| style| period))

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Related Works:

	formerly was location for .... Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha (from Mogao Cave 323, Dunhuang, Gansu province) [700008988]
	..........mural painting (visual work); unknown Tang dynasty [618-907]; 7th century; Harvard Museums (Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts,...; 1924.41

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

............... Mogao Caves

Sources and Contributors:
Mogao Cave 323	........ [VP]
	........ Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-) http://public.dha.ac.cn/content.aspx?id=294471978405

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-) http://public.dha.ac.cn/content.aspx?id=294471978405

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-) http://public.dha.ac.cn/content.aspx?id=294471978405