DOI Heft:
Nr. 332 (January 1925)
DOI Artikel:Perrault, James: Chinese Bodhisattvas
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19984#0037
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WOODEN PILLAR WITH FOUR BODHISATTVAS T ANG DYNASTY
distinctly Indian and that would place the figure During this artistic advance in northern China
in the T'ang period when communication with under the Tartars, southern China produced little
India was established. The evidence of an attempt that is comparable to it. This, at least, is the
at modeling the figure beneath the drapery might opinion of those who write since the discovery of
justify either Sui or T'ang dating. The beautiful the cave temples and the publication of Professor
headdress is the mark of most Bodhisattva sculp- Chavannes' book. But the older authorities, to
ture in China. whom this Wei sculpture was unknown, do not
JANUARY' 1925
two ninety-seven
WOODEN PILLAR WITH FOUR BODHISATTVAS T ANG DYNASTY
distinctly Indian and that would place the figure During this artistic advance in northern China
in the T'ang period when communication with under the Tartars, southern China produced little
India was established. The evidence of an attempt that is comparable to it. This, at least, is the
at modeling the figure beneath the drapery might opinion of those who write since the discovery of
justify either Sui or T'ang dating. The beautiful the cave temples and the publication of Professor
headdress is the mark of most Bodhisattva sculp- Chavannes' book. But the older authorities, to
ture in China. whom this Wei sculpture was unknown, do not
JANUARY' 1925
two ninety-seven