The beginnings of Buddhist art, and other essays in Indian and Central-Asian archæology (1917)
Foucher, A. (Alfred), 1865-1952, Thomas, L. A., Miss, Thomas, Frederick William, 1867-1956 · Paris : P. Geuthner; [etc., etc.] · leaf 464
XXIII; XXVIII, i). The stereotypedtrees attest a remarkable feeUng for ornament. At the foot of the twolateral ones are placed treasure-vases. The central tree, surmounted bya parasol, is further embellished with birds and hanging bells, and,conformably to tradition, is flanked by adoring… … THE GODDESS GUNDA BETWEEN TWO BODHISATTVAS ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN W ALh OF THE GH A NDI-MENDU T The Buddhist Madonna C). The painting reproduced in colours on the frontispiece tothis volume comes from the ruins of Yar-Khoto, at aboutten kilometres to the west of Turfan. Discovered on the13 of July…
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