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Chinese art (1905)

Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Wyman · leaf 128

An illustration from Chinese art, 1905, leaf 128
s ; this is the paradise of the Bodhisats priorto their final descent to the human world as Buddhas, and J\Iaitreya,the coming Buddha, dwells here. The upper storey, circular inform, represents the highest heaven in which the Buddhas resideafter attaining comjilctc enlightenment ; the figures in… … Fig. 37.—Beonze Buddhist Shrine at Wan Suou ShakImperial Summer Palace, near Peking.

Art, Chinese · Decorative arts

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