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Fresco from the North Song dynasty of a musical Apsara-outer cliff wall of the Mogao caves hewn into the local sandstone showing Buddhist imagery from the 4th to the 14th century. Dunhuang-Gansu-China
This detailed mural painting is on an interior wall of the ancient Thai Buddhist temple of Wat Phra Sing, which is open daily to the public. The scene is interesting as it depicts ancient styles and costumes from hundreds of years the Thai ago that would have been the common look every day at that time.
31 January 2023, Historical Jayram Swami Vadgaon Math (Temple), there were some wall-paintings, Satara, Maharashtra, India.
The Longmen Grottoes, located on bothsides of the Yi River to the south of the ancient capital of Luoyang, Henan province, comprise more than 2,300 caves and niches carved into the steep limestone cliffs over a 1km long stretch. These contain almost 110,000 Buddhist stone statues, more than 60 stupas and 2,800 inscriptions carved on steles. The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. Here is the beautifl stone carvings of all kinds of Buddist figures.
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Silk road, Gansu province, China
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Caves at Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China
Ancient Buddhist temple mural depicting a Thai daily life scene at Wat Phumin, a famous temple in Nan province, Thailand. The temple is open to the public and has beautiful murals on the walls.
Chinese buddha
26 June, 2023, Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Central Asian fresco of the 7th-8th centuries from the Ishhid palace. Depicted are court warriors or nobles with swords. Afrasiab Museum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Stone Buddhas at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Remnants of painted frescoes-exterior wall of the cliff housing the Mogao caves rock cut into the local sandstone depicting Buddhist imagery spanning the 4th to the 14th century. Dunhuang-Gansu-China.
The Gretto No.20 of Yugang Grettoes is the famous gretto in Yungang, which is the symbol of Yungang Grettoes. The statue in center is Sakyamuni Buddha (in the picture).
Timbuktu, Mali. 09/02/2011
Yungang Grottoes
this is very old Chinese traditional herbal medicine ancient book(Golden Mirror of Medicine),from qing dynasty have more than 200 years(maybe 18th century).the book records the use of acupuncture,herbal medicine and book of changes with chinese script.It is preserved complete by one chinese doctor of my grandfather.
Decorated walls  of the canyon in the Colorado plateau.
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Detail of the Tapestry of Creation, Girona Cathedral Museum
Ancient China Stone Stele Inscribed in Chinese
The Buddha statue at Yungang Grottoes, its an ancient Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the Chinese province of Shanxi. stock photo
Hands of a Tibetan monk with an ancient prayer book while he is reading in the assembly hall of a monastery in Central Tibet.
With soft light
Wooden printing plate of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, part close-up
Tang Dynasty fresco in ZhangLe princess Mausoleum.long exposure in the princess mausoleum.
Close-up of the 13.7-meter-tall colossal Buddha of Cave 20, an icon of Chinese art, excavated from the sandstone cliff at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Fresco at David Gareji
Xuan Kong Monastery(悬空寺) in China
Remnants of painted frescoes-exterior wall of the cliff housing the Mogao caves rock cut into the local sandstone depicting Buddhist imagery spanning the 4th to the 14th century. Dunhuang-Gansu-China.
ruins of Ancient City of Gaochang, Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
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