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... original sculpture9 . These images are basic to the understanding of Liao style . The Pao - chia - ts'ang t'ien [ 26 ] , or Sutra Repository Hall , was completed in 1038 , according to an inscription written on one of the beams ...
... original sculpture9 . These images are basic to the understanding of Liao style . The Pao - chia - ts'ang t'ien [ 26 ] , or Sutra Repository Hall , was completed in 1038 , according to an inscription written on one of the beams ...
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... original pedestal is lost . Compared to the previous Kuan - yin , a few variations are evident . The taller crown is partly covered by the mantle which envelops the figure ; it has no ribbons . Elegant loops of hair cover the ears . The ...
... original pedestal is lost . Compared to the previous Kuan - yin , a few variations are evident . The taller crown is partly covered by the mantle which envelops the figure ; it has no ribbons . Elegant loops of hair cover the ears . The ...
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... original Asokan model which was kept in the Asoka Temple at Mao - hsien [ 45 ] .49 King Ch'ien Shu's replicas were cast in bronze , sometimes gilded ; their size , approximately 20 cm . high , appears to be half that of the original ...
... original Asokan model which was kept in the Asoka Temple at Mao - hsien [ 45 ] .49 King Ch'ien Shu's replicas were cast in bronze , sometimes gilded ; their size , approximately 20 cm . high , appears to be half that of the original ...
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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