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fan and the figure’s wardrobe abandon their western heritage. By the Tang dynasty, illustrations of the
debate developed further and painted representations of the sutra began to outnumber stone carvings.

The Longmen caves also include figures carved in a similar style, such as three bodhisattvas seated in
a pensive pose, illustrated in Zhongguo meishi quanji: Diaosu bian. [Complete series on Chinese art:
Sculpture section], 11: Longmen shiku diaoke [Sculptures of the Longmen caves], Shanghai, 1988, pls 53-
5; and a fragment of a flying apsara, from the collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, sold in these rooms,
19th-20th March 2007, lot 506. See also other stone representations of Vimalakirti, along with other
standing disciples and angel-like female figures hovering mid-air, illustrated in Longmen Shiku, Beijing,
1980, pl. 112, and Li Wensheng ed., Longmen shiku zhuangshi diaoke, Shanghai, 1991, pl. 139.

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ज㺸ڣᒏ䆎⑏ࡃ⮱⑁䂷ȡݝγښ̓㈭喑㋚ᦖ㾝᝸͚ᠮ 㾝ᅲธ׼Ҹ喑䐶᫩Ȩ咺䪭ⴠ⿌ȩ喑ࡄϙ喑1980Ꭱ喑
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ᒏ䆎ᰡߍ⮩ᆂ喑㋀᪴ᩲθ⪘׼䪸໸ᮛ䕺喑᪥䛼ϓ䪸໸ ⊤喑1991Ꭱ喑ృ❵139ȡ

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Fig. 1 A carving of Vimalakirti in the Yungang grottoes, Cave no. 6, as illustrated in Seiichi Mizuno, Yun-Kang: The Buddhist Cave-Temples
of the Fifth Century A.D. in North China, Kyoto, 1951-56, vol III, pl. 31.
ృ̭ 䰟ᇎⴠ⿌ښ㮌⿌͚㋚ᦖ㾝׼喑䠱Ⅱ䛻⌲̭喑Ȩ䰟ቄⴠ⿌ȩ喑ϙ䘪喑1951㜠1956Ꭱ喑ࢤIII喑ృ❵31

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