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Mogao Caves: Heavenly Kings
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty (618–907); Wood; Guimet Museum of Asian Art, Paris, France |
| These posturing Heavenly Kings originated in the Mogao Caves. Their faces are both drawn in fierce scowls with their eyes bulging, and their noses are beak-like. The armored figures brandish their left fists and likely held weapons. They stand with one foot higher than the other and were probably originally placed either on a rocky base or treading on a demon. |
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