Xiling Auction is always dedicated to offering important ancient Buddhist art works for collectors. Since 2015, the sale of Elegant and Magnificent: Chinese Status, presenting statues of various ...
Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred site ...
Scholars suggest that the colossal seated Buddha in Cave 20 is modelled after the image of an emperor of the Bei Wei Dynasty. Located near the city of Datong in northeastern China, Yungang Grottoes is ...
A statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves, in Kuqa, Xinjiang, China. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yoshi Canopus Kumarajiva, a fourth-century monk and scholar responsible for translating ...
Pages 43-58 are illustrations. Foreword signed: J. LeRoy Davidson. "This exhibition ... held concurrently with splendid loan exhibit of similar scope at the Metropolitan musueum of art"--p. 42.
Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at a rapid pace. More than 1,500 years ago, followers of ...
Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...
Editor’s note: “Fair Ladies — Digital Representations of Ancient Chinese Women,” a Zhejiang Museum exhibition of more than 1,000 paintings from 32 museums across China, was held first online in 2021 ...
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