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Buddhist Initiation Paintings from the Yuan Court (1271-1368) in the Sino-Himalayan Style

Fig. 27: Detail guardian figure, Juyongguan gate, north of Beijing
dated 1343-45
After Lee, Sherman and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). (Cleveland, 1968), fig. 2 p. 8 (l);
detail Guardian King Dhritarashtra tsakli, distemper on cloth, c. 16 x 17 cm. (r)

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