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The didactive - memorial portraits trace their origin back to the Han dynasty , when it is known that portraits of historical heroes were depicted on walls in the imperial palaces and funerary shrines . From the Han period and well into ...
The didactive - memorial portraits trace their origin back to the Han dynasty , when it is known that portraits of historical heroes were depicted on walls in the imperial palaces and funerary shrines . From the Han period and well into ...
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To sum up , the ancestral portraits , which came into use around the beginning of the Song dynasty , were painted in the style of traditional formal portraits , as known for instance from pre - Song grave murals of the tomb occupants .
To sum up , the ancestral portraits , which came into use around the beginning of the Song dynasty , were painted in the style of traditional formal portraits , as known for instance from pre - Song grave murals of the tomb occupants .
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Between these borders are two vertical bands with ornaments resembling the socalled gül ' s ( Turcoman : “ rose " ) , which are known in several variations from Turcoman carpets and believed originally to have been specific to ...
Between these borders are two vertical bands with ornaments resembling the socalled gül ' s ( Turcoman : “ rose " ) , which are known in several variations from Turcoman carpets and believed originally to have been specific to ...
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