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... represented all over Han China with serpent tails and human torsos , and in this sense can be called hybrid creatures . Michael Loewe has suggested that the serpent tail originally revealed the divine nature of the figure represented ...
... represented all over Han China with serpent tails and human torsos , and in this sense can be called hybrid creatures . Michael Loewe has suggested that the serpent tail originally revealed the divine nature of the figure represented ...
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... represented kneeling on lotuses . The secondary Buddhas placed in front of the main images in the lateral groups are ... represented standing , it soars unimpeded from feet to head with a sweeping thrust ( Plate 16 ) . When the image is ...
... represented kneeling on lotuses . The secondary Buddhas placed in front of the main images in the lateral groups are ... represented standing , it soars unimpeded from feet to head with a sweeping thrust ( Plate 16 ) . When the image is ...
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... representing the celestial sphere , and specifically the New Year , when the constellation Leo ( presumably represented here by griffons ) " swallows " the Pliades and Cassiopeia , traditionally represented , according to Kuz'mina , by ...
... representing the celestial sphere , and specifically the New Year , when the constellation Leo ( presumably represented here by griffons ) " swallows " the Pliades and Cassiopeia , traditionally represented , according to Kuz'mina , by ...
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