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Subject:Re: West China Paintings
Posted By: Bokaba Tue, May 23, 2017
Dear BL,
These painting portray Buddhist imagery perhaps somewhat in the style of the Dunhuang Caves and other locations. If original, these styles would be from the Han to Tang dynasties around 200 BC to 1000 AD. I think that the style and colors are not correct for that time period. Also, most pieces were done in fresco on walls rather than as free standing art.
Most Buddhist type imagery stopped in western China after the Uighurs converted to Islam from Buddhism some time during the Middle Ages.
It is my hunch that these paintings are 20th Century tourist trade items.
Best,
Bokaba
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