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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Smaller adoring figures ( 0.75 m . high ) are represented kneeling on lotuses . The secondary Buddhas placed in front of the main images in the lateral groups are later additions . At each end of the altar is placed a heavenly guardian ...
Smaller adoring figures ( 0.75 m . high ) are represented kneeling on lotuses . The secondary Buddhas placed in front of the main images in the lateral groups are later additions . At each end of the altar is placed a heavenly guardian ...
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To conclude : the crowns must have been preeminent attributes ; their symbolism may have represented a powerful link with the supernatural . It is not surprising , therefore , that a modified version of those headgears was used to adorn ...
To conclude : the crowns must have been preeminent attributes ; their symbolism may have represented a powerful link with the supernatural . It is not surprising , therefore , that a modified version of those headgears was used to adorn ...
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Kuz'mina interprets the upper frieze of the Chertomlyk vase as representing the celestial sphere , and specifically the New Year , when the constellation Leo ( presumably represented ...
Kuz'mina interprets the upper frieze of the Chertomlyk vase as representing the celestial sphere , and specifically the New Year , when the constellation Leo ( presumably represented ...
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