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A Great Japanese Wood Carving
04/1951 | 577 | 93
Pages: 105-107
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Author:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
artists:
Unkei
artists:
Kaikei
dates:
1100-1199
places:
Japan
subjects:
Japanese sculpture / Wood sculpture / Techniques / Yoseki Zukuri (joined-block assembly)
subjects:
Late Heian / Muromachi / Kamakura
subjects:
Buddhas / Amida
subjects:
Buddhist / Statues
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Head of Buddha. Late Fujiwara (End of the Twelfth Century). Wood, Height 97.8 cm. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Profile View of the Wood-Carving Illustrated in Fig. 1. 3. The Nativity. Faenza. Dated 1528. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.) 4. Amida Buddha. Middle Kamakura. Wood, lacquered and gilt, height c. 104 cm. (British Museum.)
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The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
03/1938 | 420 | 72
Pages: 106+110-113+116-118+121
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Author:
Sirén, Osvald (Sirén, Osvald; Siren, O.; Siren, Oswald)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Heydt, Eduard von der
collectors and dealers:
Loo, Ching Tsai
places:
China / T'ang-hsien / Yun-Kang
subjects:
Chinese sculpture
subjects:
Buddhist / Buddhas / Iconography
subjects:
Amida
subjects:
Northern Qi / Northern Wei / Zhou (Chou)
subjects:
Sui / Tang
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Buddhistic Votive Stele. Height, about 365 cm. (Mr. C. T. Loo, Paris). The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Back of the Same. The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Amitabha Buddha in White Marble. Height about 549 cm. (Mr. C. T. Loo, Paris). The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
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Plate II. B-Bodhisattva Statue in Sandstone, Painted and Gilt. Height about 427 cm. (Mr. C. T. Loo, Paris). The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Bodhisattva Statue from T'ien-Lung Shan. Baron E. von der Heydt Collection (Musee Cernuschi, Paris); C, D-The Same Statue Photographed in Situ in 1923 and 1929; B-Bodhisattva Statue from T'ien-Lung Shan. Baron von der Heydt Collection (Musee Cernuschi, Paris); E-The Same Statue Photo-Graphed in Situ in 1923. The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
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A Dated Bodhisattva Image from the Eumorfopoulos Collection
05/1936 | 398 | 68
Pages: 220+225-227+230-231
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Eumorfopoulos, George, 1863-1939
dates:
1350-1399
dates:
1930-1939
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
China
places:
England / London
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Buddhist / Buddhas / Bodhisattva / Guanyin
subjects:
Yüan / Amida
subjects:
Chinese Art / Exhibitions
subjects:
Iconography / Mahayana
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Kuan-Yin. Yüan Dynasty. Wood; Height, 79.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum). A Dated Bodhisattva Image from the Eumorfopoulos Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Contents of the Image Reproduced on Plate I (References to the Items are Given in the Text). A Dated Bodhisattva Image from the Eumorfopoulos Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Side View of Plate I. A Dated Bodhisattva Image from the Eumorfopoulos Collection
Article
A Chinese Statue in the Victoria and Albert Museum
08/1924 | 257 | 45
Pages: 72-73+77
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Author:
Ashton, Leigh (Ashton, Leigh)
Subjects
dates:
0650-0699 / 0700-0749
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
China / England
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Sculpture / Buddhist / Tang
subjects:
Buddhas / Statues / Iconography / Amida
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Amida. Chinese Statue in Limestone. Height, 1.27 m.; Width of Base, 0.74 m. T'ang. A Chinese Statue in the Victoria and Albert Museum.