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9th century fresco from the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves near Turfan, Xinjiang, China. Two details from Praņidhi scene no. 6 in Temple no. 9.
According to Mariachiara Gasparini, the men depicted to the righthand side (one with a black beard and hair, the other with red hair and beard) are ethnic Sogdians (an Eastern Iranian people), wearing silk robes with embroidery patterns that were typical of contemporary textiles from Turfan, Xinjiang, China:
- Gasparini, Mariachiara. "A Mathematic Expression of Art: Sino-Iranian and Uighur Textile Interactions and the Turfan Textile Collection in Berlin," in Rudolf G. Wagner and Monica Juneja (eds), Transcultural Studies, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, No 1 (2014), pp 134-163. ISSN: 2191-6411. See also endnote #32. (Accessed 3 September 2016.)
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| current | 06:50, 22 December 2016 | | 406 × 323 (56 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>9th century fresco from the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves near Turfan, Xinjiang, China. Two details from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/LFc-42/V-1/page/0092.html.en">Praņidhi scene no. 6 in Temple no. 9</a>. </p> <p>According to Mariachiara Gasparini, the men depicted to the righthand side (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/LFc-42/V-1/page/0091.html.en">one with a black beard and hair, the other with red hair and beard</a>) <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdia">are ethnic Sogdians</a> (an Eastern Iranian people), wearing silk robes with embroidery patterns that were typical of contemporary textiles from Turfan, Xinjiang, China: </p> <ul><li> Gasparini, Mariachiara. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/12313/8711#_edn32">A Mathematic Expression of Art: Sino-Iranian and Uighur Textile Interactions and the Turfan Textile Collection in Berlin,</a>" in Rudolf G. Wagner and Monica Juneja (eds), <i>Transcultural Studies</i>, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, No 1 (2014), pp 134-163. ISSN: 2191-6411. See also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/12313/8711#_edn32">endnote #32</a>. (Accessed 3 September 2016.)</li></ul> |
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