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... Dunhuang in Gansu . 85 An exactly similar division of the heavens and the earth is painted on the walls and the ceiling , with a row of moun- tains dividing the two spheres . In the heavens appear the deities of thun- der and of the ...
... Dunhuang in Gansu . 85 An exactly similar division of the heavens and the earth is painted on the walls and the ceiling , with a row of moun- tains dividing the two spheres . In the heavens appear the deities of thun- der and of the ...
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... Dunhuang in Gansu , panelled screens that depicted scenes from the lives of the Buddha or miracles of the present and future Buddhas might surround figures of the Buddha and his atten- dants ( Fig . 17 ) .92 Like the screens from Xi'an ...
... Dunhuang in Gansu , panelled screens that depicted scenes from the lives of the Buddha or miracles of the present and future Buddhas might surround figures of the Buddha and his atten- dants ( Fig . 17 ) .92 Like the screens from Xi'an ...
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... Dunhuang , Gansu province , showing a Bodhisattva standing in front of a screen depicting landscape scenes . Tang period , Eighth to ninth century . After Dunhuang shiku yishu ( Nanjing , 2000 ) , vol . 57 , cave 112 . Figure 18. The ...
... Dunhuang , Gansu province , showing a Bodhisattva standing in front of a screen depicting landscape scenes . Tang period , Eighth to ninth century . After Dunhuang shiku yishu ( Nanjing , 2000 ) , vol . 57 , cave 112 . Figure 18. The ...
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