Gathering of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

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danielpett
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Sketchfab
Polygon Count
998,406
Release Date
2019-09-25
License
CC0 1.0
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The jeweled trees and lush scenery suggest a gathering of Buddhas, bodhisattvas (enlightened beings), and blessed souls, perhaps in one of the four directional Buddhist paradises. Traces of color on the stone hint at the brilliance of the mural, which was originally painted with gold and bright colors.The relief-sculpture mural most likely once decorated a stupa-pillar, or large square shaft, attached to the center of the rear wall of one of the caves at Southern Xiangtangshan, a court-sponsored Buddhist cave-temple created during the Northern Qi dynasty. Several scholars suggest that the mural came from Cave 2 at Southern Xiangtangshan. https://www.freersackler.si.edu/object/F1921.1/ 135 Sony A6k photos. Decimated from 11million faces.

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