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"Duoma Bandan"refers to wooden intaglio molds for making special "Duoma(offerings)."They differed in shapes, such as planks, four-side sticks and six-side...

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"Sutra cover"means cover of sutra. Usually, Tibetan sutras were not bound in a volume; they were written or printed on...

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Similar to clay sculptures, most of the Tibetan wood carvings are colored. Wood carvings are closely associated with people's life...

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Tibetan stone carvings mainly include stereoscopic sculptures and reliefs. In comparison, reliefs are more common and diversified because of the...

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Painted clay sculptures, or colored clay sculptures, are also called painted sculptures for short. According to historical records, the techniques...

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Copper forging, commonly known as copper hammering, is a common manual processing technique in Tibet. The craftsmen process copper sheet...

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The earliest metal sculptures with written records and clear dating in Tibet is the 12-year-old Shakyamuni statue now enshrined in...

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Cast copper sculptures can be divided into three types:red bronze,brass and bronze sculptures.Among"Durga,"identified as"prehistoric" Tibetan art by Professor Giuseppe Tucci,who...

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The earliest existing Tibetan sculptures would be the"Double-Beasts Pottery Ware"and the"Black Bean Pottery Cup"unearthed from the Karuo Site.In a bouffant...

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The Mentang School was founded by Dondrup Gyatso. His sons, Mentang Jiangyang and Mentang Lhundrup and his nephew, Mentang Shiwawo,...

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"History"Thangka uses pictures to tell history. It is a major feature of the Tibetan Thangka. Similar with murals about history,...

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Located to the east of Dingling, Emperor Xianfeng's mausoleum, in Dingdong Mausoleum Dowager Empress Ci' an and Dowager Empress Cixi...

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