DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 22
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
1985
Photographs of sculptures, paintings and other artifacts from the De La Reunion Des Musees Nationaux in Paris, France. They include:
1. Gandhara art, Bamiyan school painting of a stylised head of a boar, on plaster of earth and roll straw coating from Afghanistan.
2. Painting from Tun-Huang, China of a Buddhist monk loaded with sutras and accompanied by a tiger, housed in Guimet Museum, Paris.
3. Painting on silk from Tun-Huang, China of a Buddhist monk loaded with sutras.
4. Fragment of a mural painting from Duldur Aqur, Xinjiang.
5. The legs of a chair in shaped/turned wood
6. High relief with six characters – Art of Gandhara, Pakistan.
7. Fragments of a fresco – painting on torchis covered in of the tonsure, of the Emperor Wu of Leang from the beginning of the Ming dynasty, China.
8. Painting from Tun-Huang, of a Chinese pilgrim monk, either Hsuan-tsang or Tao-ming, walking on a cloud carrying manuscripts with a tiger by his side.
9. Funerary figurine from the Tang dynasty, China of a standing civil servant in 3 coloured glass.
10. Baked Earth cast of an orant (worshipper/donor) from Subashi, Kucha in Xinjiang, China.
Sculpture; Painting; Artefact; De La Reunion Des Musees Nationaux; Paris; France; Gandhara; Art; Bamiyan; Afghanisthan; Tun-Huang; China; Buddhist monk; Sutra; Guimet Museum; Tiger; Tun-Huang; China; Mural; Dukpure; Aqur; Xinjiang; Pakistan; India; Emperor Wu; Leang; Ming Dynasty; Hsuan-tsang; Tao-Ming; Subashi
DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 23
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
June 1905
Artefacts from the Museum für Indische Kunst (Museum of Indian Art) in Berlin, now known as the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Museum of Asian Art). They include:
1. Wall painting of a dignitary seized by soldiers, Kumtura (Xinjiang, China), 8th-9th CE.’
2. Elephant’s head made of wood, Kizil (Xinjiang, China), 6th-7th century.
3. Horse’s head in clay
4. Elephant’s head in clay.
5. Elephant’s head made of wood, Kizil (Xinjiang, China), 6th-7th century.
6. Elephant’s head figure in painted clay, Kizil ca. 700.
7. Standing Buddha in red garment made of painted clay, Kizil.
8. Brahman hermit and Brahmacarin in green schist, Gandhara.
9. Half-figure of a Brahman in clay, Shorchuk, 7th-8th century.
10. Seated Brahman made of clay, Shorchuk, Kirin cave, 7th-8th century.
11. Wall painting of a niche with mourners and two monks, Kizil, Ajatashatru temple.
12. 6 pictures of unknown artefacts.
Museum für Indische Kunst; Museum of Indian Art; Museum für Asiatische Kunst; Museum of Asian Art; Painting; Xinjiang; China; Kumtura; Kizil; Elephant; Horse; Boar; Clay; Kirin cave; Brahman; Ajatshatru; Artefact
DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 24
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
Undated
The Chennakeshava temple in Belur, Karnataka and the Hoysaleshwara in Halebidu, Karnataka. Includes photographs of the intricate sculptures, architecture and inscriptions.
