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he carving style of this standing attendant
draws on the tradition of the Yungang caves
Tnear Datong, in Shanxi province, which were
largely constructed between 398 and 494, when Pincheng,
modern day Datong, was the capital of the Northern Wei
dynasty. Carving in the Yungang tradition is characterized
by elegant, willowy bodies, and facial features that convey
a sense of spiritual modesty, representing the ideal of
Chinese beauty at the time. See Yungang Shiku / The
Yunkang Caves, Beijing, 1977, pl. 38 for a relief panel
showing apsaras and bodhisattva.

Figures of standing attendants in the Yungang tradition
are rare. Compare, however, a relief fragment showing
a standing bodhisattva in a niche from the Yamaguchi
Collection, in the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, included
in the exhibition Chinese Buddhist Stone Sculpture.
Veneration of the Sublime, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art,
Osaka, 1995, cat. no. 10,

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㺮ᐧ᫩398㜠494Ꭱ喑ڣ᭯Ꭰ೻喍⤫Ϸ๔ह喎◧ࡄ偼䘪೻ȡ
ₑ䶋䕍׼䏘༬཭ཉᰩໆ喑㶕ᗲ〜⺒䁆ᄓ喑ज䀯⪣᭯ᄖ㒻͸ڥ
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