Bagan Murals and the Sino-Tibetan World

Whereas the historical connections of Bagan with India, Ceylon or China from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries are generally known, the art-historical consequences of these exchanges have only partly been appreciated. The purpose of this paper is to present unpublished aspects of late thirteenth-...

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Published in:Dynamics in the history of religions
Main Author: Bautze-Picron, Claudine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Dynamics in the history of religions
Further subjects:B Religion in Asien
B Asia
B Religion
B Asien-Studien
B Religionswissenschaften
B History
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Summary:Whereas the historical connections of Bagan with India, Ceylon or China from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries are generally known, the art-historical consequences of these exchanges have only partly been appreciated. The purpose of this paper is to present unpublished aspects of late thirteenth-century murals found in some temples at the site and which are more particularly related to the Yuan connection. The overwhelming presence of ornamental motifs with a Chinese or Mongol origin aside, specific iconographic motifs, e.g., the representation of Mongols, the depiction of dreadful door-keepers, or the image of the short-necked Buddha will presently retain our attention.
Contains:Enthalten in: Dynamics in the history of religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004366152_003