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Seated Buddha (Sakyamuni), Northern Wei pd. (338 AD), gilt-bronze. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. |
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Standing Buddha, Northern Wei pd. (477), gilt-bronze. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. |
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Pair of seated Buddhas (of the Past & Present), Northern Wei pd. (518), gilt bronze. Musée Guimet, Paris. (example of "elongated" style) |
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Altarpiece, Northern Wei pd. (524), gilt bronze. Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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Colossal Seated Buddha, Yungang caves, Cave 20, Near Datong, Shanxi. Northern Wei pd. (ca. 460 AD), sandstone. |
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Seated Buddha (Sakyamuni), main icon in Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves. Luoyang, Henan. Northern Wei pd., first quarter of 6th c., limestone. |
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Standing Buddha and attendant bodhisattvas, side wall of Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves near Luoyang, Henan. Northern Wei pd. first quarter of 6th c., limestone. |
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Emperor and retinue as donors, from the front wall of Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves, Northern Wei pd., first quarter of 6th c., limestone. Now in Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. |
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Empress and retinue as donors, from the front wall of Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves, Northern Wei pd. first quarter of 6th c., limestone. Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. |
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Standing Bodhisattva, from Xiangtangshan caves, [Northern Qi dyn.], mid 6th c., limestone. Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. (example of "columnar" style) |
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View of Dunhuang, oasis and cliff with caves. |
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Standing Buddha, bodhisattvas, apsaras, and donors; mural painting, Dunhuang Cave 249, Western Wei pd. mid 6th c. |
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Deer King jataka (det.), mural painting, Dunhuang Cave 257, Northern Wei pd., early 6th c. |
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Dunhuang Cave 428, general view, mural painting and sculpture, Northern Zhou pd. mid 6th c. |
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Dunhuang Cave 285, ceiling, mural painting, Western Wei pd. dated 538 |
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Wang Xizhi (ca. 303-361), Letter about Prayer for Harvest (Xingrang tie), Cursive script, handscroll, ink on paper. Eastern Jin pd., Princeton Univ. Art Museum. |
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Attributed to Gu Kaizhi (ca. 344-405), Admonitions of the Court Instructress to the Palace Ladies, Eastern Jin pd., handscroll, ink and colors on silk. British Museum. Detail, sec. 5 (bedroom scene). |
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Attributed to Gu Kaizhi (ca. 344-405), Admonitions of the Court Instructress to the Palace Ladies, Eastern Jin pd., handscroll, ink and colors on silk. British Museum. Detail, sec. 6 (family scene). |
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Attributed to Gu Kaizhi, Goddess (or Nymph) of the Luo River, Eastern Jin pd., handscroll, ink and colors on silk. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. Detail, sec. 2 (the poet and his companions on riverbank). |
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Attributed to Gu Kaizhi, Goddess (or Nymph) of the Luo River, handscroll, ink and colors on silk. Palace Museum, Beijing. Detail (the poet and his companions on riverbank). |
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Screen depicting exemplary women, Northern Wei pd., detail of painted lacquer on wood, excavated from tomb of Sima Jinlong, dated 484, near Datong, Shanxi. H. 80 cm. |
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7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi, Eastern Jin pd. early 5th c., impressed clay bricks excavated from a tomb near Nanjing. Detail, south wall. |
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7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi, Eastern Jin pd. early 5th c., impressed clay bricks excavated from a tomb near Nanjing. Detail, north wall. |
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Sarcophagus of Lady Yuan, illustrating stories of famous filial sons, Northern Wei pd., ca. 522, limestone. Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. Rubbing of both long sides. 64x225 cm. |
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Sarcophagus of Lady Yuan, illustrating stories of famous filial sons, Northern Wei pd., ca. 522, limestone. Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. Rubbing of detail of Dong Yong story. |