Bulletin"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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This detail is not carved on the Osaka Kuan - yin . To maintain the aplomb of the
jewelry and the axiality of its symbols , the central chain terminates in a fish - tail
shape which spreads out between the feet of the Bodhisattva . The device ...
This detail is not carved on the Osaka Kuan - yin . To maintain the aplomb of the
jewelry and the axiality of its symbols , the central chain terminates in a fish - tail
shape which spreads out between the feet of the Bodhisattva . The device ...
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Plate 4 . Kuan - yin Bodhisattva , back view . ( Photograph courtesy Osaka
Municipal Museum . ) Plate 5 . Kuan - yin Bodhisattva : medallion with
Parinirvana ( detail of plate 1 ) . ( Photograph courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts , Richmond . ) ...
Plate 4 . Kuan - yin Bodhisattva , back view . ( Photograph courtesy Osaka
Municipal Museum . ) Plate 5 . Kuan - yin Bodhisattva : medallion with
Parinirvana ( detail of plate 1 ) . ( Photograph courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts , Richmond . ) ...
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The man also seems to wear a hat , the detailed form of which is difficult to
discern . The fact that the man seems to be holding a bowl would seem to support
the interpretation that the figure represents a Buddhist monk rather than some
kind of ...
The man also seems to wear a hat , the detailed form of which is difficult to
discern . The fact that the man seems to be holding a bowl would seem to support
the interpretation that the figure represents a Buddhist monk rather than some
kind of ...
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| Title | Bulletin |
| Author | Östasiatiska museet |
| Publisher | The Museum, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2017 |
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