Murals
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Yongle Palace mural Chao Yuan Tu – an important masterpiece in the history of Chinese painting
As the art critic Wang Bonin noted, “This mural’s true value lies in its power to transcend time—a celestial parliament that speaks equally to the 14th-century pilgrim and the 21st-century viewer”.
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Guiding Bodhisattva.Gold, Grace, and the Bodhisattva’s Promise in Tang Silk Splendor
Despite earthly glory, she follows the bodhisattva with humble reverence, her clasped hands and downward gaze embodying the Tang elite’s pursuit of spiritual liberation beyond mortal splendor.
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The Thousand Buddhas, buddhist paintings from the cave-temples of tun-huang on the western frontier of china
The volume features 48 meticulously reproduced silk paintings—chromatic and monochromatic plates