Bulletin, Issue 56"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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They are lacquered , gilded , and painted . Inspite of restorations , they maintain to a large degree their original appearance . The sculptures form three distinct groups , each one presided by a 5.
They are lacquered , gilded , and painted . Inspite of restorations , they maintain to a large degree their original appearance . The sculptures form three distinct groups , each one presided by a 5.
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The earliest appearance of this supernatural mark is in connection with the Buddha preaching to Subhuti in the frontispiece to the wood - block printed roll of the Diamond Sutra , dated 868 , in the British Museum Library .
The earliest appearance of this supernatural mark is in connection with the Buddha preaching to Subhuti in the frontispiece to the wood - block printed roll of the Diamond Sutra , dated 868 , in the British Museum Library .
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Nothing else can explain the abrupt appearance , here , of a landscape setting ; or its appearance and curious joining of two tigers and camels in one plaque.7 " ) A similar visual disintegration of antlers into trees is indicated by ...
Nothing else can explain the abrupt appearance , here , of a landscape setting ; or its appearance and curious joining of two tigers and camels in one plaque.7 " ) A similar visual disintegration of antlers into trees is indicated by ...
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