Bulletin, Issues 55-57The Museum, 1983 - China |
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... decoration of the eight faces consists of pairs of Bodhisattvas depicted standing ( Plate 4 ) . Modeled in brick , the figures display a marked verticality well suited to the narrow and tall panels . The most striking decorative element ...
... decoration of the eight faces consists of pairs of Bodhisattvas depicted standing ( Plate 4 ) . Modeled in brick , the figures display a marked verticality well suited to the narrow and tall panels . The most striking decorative element ...
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... decorative scheme reverts to the triad arrangement ( Plate 7 ) . The exhuberance of forms is once more noticeable , not only in the rendering of the figure , but in the execution of the lotus leaves of the throne and of those which in ...
... decorative scheme reverts to the triad arrangement ( Plate 7 ) . The exhuberance of forms is once more noticeable , not only in the rendering of the figure , but in the execution of the lotus leaves of the throne and of those which in ...
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... decoration and iconographic references ( Plates 7 : A , B , C ) . It is definitely different in shape and attributes ... decorative vocabulary and displayed variations on a chosen theme . For instance , the shape of the earrings is akin ...
... decoration and iconographic references ( Plates 7 : A , B , C ) . It is definitely different in shape and attributes ... decorative vocabulary and displayed variations on a chosen theme . For instance , the shape of the earrings is akin ...
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animals antlers appear barrow beak-heads Bei Dao bird black-painted Bodhisattva body bronze Buddha Buddhist burial carved central century B.C. Ch'ien Liu Chavannes China Chinese Confucian crown cultural Dai Zhen dated decorative dragons Eastern Antiquities Emperor feline figure frontal Fu Xi fur-trimmings gold plaques griffon heads Hangchou headdress heavily stylized Hopei horse Hsiung-nu Hua-yen hybrid beast Ibid images imperial Inner Mongolia inscription Issyk Khitan Kuan-yin kurgan landscape Liao dynasty Liaoning literati Manchu Mongolia monk motif mountains mythic Neo-Confucian nomadic officials omens Pagoda Parinirvana pattern Pazaryk Photograph courtesy Plate poetry poets political portents predator Rect reign represented ribbons Round Ø Rudenko sculpture Scythian art Scytho-Siberian seal Sekino Shih Siberian Treasure silk Sitting lion soutache stone Sung symbolic Ta-t'ung Temple tiger Ting-hsien tomb tradition tree ts'ê Type Virginia Museum Wang Wu Shrines Wu Yüeh Wu-t'ai-shan Yin and Yang Zhu Xi