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Similar types of fgures can be seen in a number
of Buddhist temples of the Ming dynasty in
Shanxi province. In the Guanyin Hall and the
Thousand Buddha Hall of the Shuanglin Temple
in Pingyaoxian, south of Taiyuan, large numbers
of fgures of heavenly bodhisattvas adorn the
walls. They are dressed in robes whose details are
strongly modelled to emphasize the thickness of
the drapery folds and the often unusual swirling
and futtering patterns of hems and borders of
the layered gowns, sleeves, shawls, etc. Like the
present pair they are painted predominantly in red
and green pigments with added relief decoration.
Similar types of fgures can also be seen in the
Zhenguo and the Shuanglin Temples, also in
Pingyaoxian: see The Research Institute of the
Buddhism Culture of China, Buddhist Sculpture
of Shanxi Province, Hong Kong, 1991, pls. 11, 15, 18
and 172-180.
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