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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... symbolism may have represented a powerful link with the supernatural . It is not surprising , therefore , that a modified version of those headgears was used to adorn the Buddhist images . The crowns worn by the Bodhisattvas in the ...
... symbolism may have represented a powerful link with the supernatural . It is not surprising , therefore , that a modified version of those headgears was used to adorn the Buddhist images . The crowns worn by the Bodhisattvas in the ...
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... symbolic system . " By the fifth century , however , the purity of their individual images had largely disappeared . In place of the simple stag with elaborated antlers there appeared the stag with bird - headed antler tines . In the ...
... symbolic system . " By the fifth century , however , the purity of their individual images had largely disappeared . In place of the simple stag with elaborated antlers there appeared the stag with bird - headed antler tines . In the ...
Page 136
... symbolic predation - here within a landscape setting - directed by reference to an imaginary center . Figures of birds on trees , great gold wings , and the gold figure of an argali at the top of the hood confirm the importance of ...
... symbolic predation - here within a landscape setting - directed by reference to an imaginary center . Figures of birds on trees , great gold wings , and the gold figure of an argali at the top of the hood confirm the importance of ...
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