Bulletin (Östasiatiska Samlingarna (Stockholm, Sweden))The Museum, 1960 - China "Bibliography of publications based upon collections made with the support of the Swedish China research committee, by Fr. E. Åhlander": Bulletin no. 1, p. 185-191. |
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... detail of the cape and cloth hanging from the arm . In terms of mood created by the image , all the examples share a stillness and a modesty of contained gestures . A comparison of the stone and metal Kuan - yin images with securely ...
... detail of the cape and cloth hanging from the arm . In terms of mood created by the image , all the examples share a stillness and a modesty of contained gestures . A comparison of the stone and metal Kuan - yin images with securely ...
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... ( detail of plate 1 ) . ( Photograph courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , Richmond . ) Kuan - yin Bodhisattva : triad guarded by dragons ( detail of plate 1 ) . ( Photograph courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , Richmond . ) Kuan ...
... ( detail of plate 1 ) . ( Photograph courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , Richmond . ) Kuan - yin Bodhisattva : triad guarded by dragons ( detail of plate 1 ) . ( Photograph courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , Richmond . ) Kuan ...
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... detail as calculated to please the senses as to inspire religious profundity . One might argue that it was the incense burning function of the po - shan lu which had religious signification , while the representation of a wild landscape ...
... detail as calculated to please the senses as to inspire religious profundity . One might argue that it was the incense burning function of the po - shan lu which had religious signification , while the representation of a wild landscape ...
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