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Page 189
... finest pieces in this style are a bronze Yakushi flanked by bodhisattvas ( Yakushi - ji , Nara ) . No examples of comparable quality have sur- vived in China . The mature style of the 8th century is well displayed in later caves at T ...
... finest pieces in this style are a bronze Yakushi flanked by bodhisattvas ( Yakushi - ji , Nara ) . No examples of comparable quality have sur- vived in China . The mature style of the 8th century is well displayed in later caves at T ...
Page 197
... finest wares obtainable were once more supplied to the court . These southern kuan wares were made for a short time in kilns close to the palace under the direction of the Office of Works , Hsiu - nei - ssu . Later , the kilns were ...
... finest wares obtainable were once more supplied to the court . These southern kuan wares were made for a short time in kilns close to the palace under the direction of the Office of Works , Hsiu - nei - ssu . Later , the kilns were ...
Page 260
... finest examples of such figures - and of Sumerian sculpture as a whole - comes from a Protoliterate level of excavation at Tall al - Warka ' . It is the limestone face of a life - size statue ( Iraq Museum , Baghdad ) , the remainder of ...
... finest examples of such figures - and of Sumerian sculpture as a whole - comes from a Protoliterate level of excavation at Tall al - Warka ' . It is the limestone face of a life - size statue ( Iraq Museum , Baghdad ) , the remainder of ...
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