Mooie beelden uit het British Museum

Uit Klein-Azie en India.

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Stond een beetje opzij. Er is ook zoveel te zien. Ik ben vergeten het bordje te fotograferen maar het roept beelden op van de Ishtar gate.


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China, Sancai figures from Tomb of Liu Tingxun who died AD 728.

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Wikipedia:

Sancai (literally: “three colours”) is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white. It is particularly associated with the Tang Dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures, appearing around 700.

Sancai of letterlijk ‘drie kleuren’ is een aardewerk in bruin (of amber),
groen en een roomkleurig wit. Wordt in verband gebracht met de Tang dynastie,
in het bijzonder bij grafbeelden.

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Shiva Maheshvara, green chlorite, AD 700 – 900, Kashmir.


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Vishnu and his consorts within an arched temple niche, Pala Dynasty, about AD 1000, East India.

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Detail.


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The divine couple Shiva and Parvati, 1200 – 1300, Orissa, India.


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The Three Puri Gods, Jagannatha (right), Balabhadra (left) and Sister Subhadra (centre), 1700 – 1800, Puri, Odisha.


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Stone panel of an elephant and riders, about 1200 – 1300, Karnataka, India.


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