Period:Unknown Production date:3rdC
Materials:wood, 木 (Chinese),
Technique:carved, 雕刻 (Chinese),
Dimensions:Length: 109 centimetres Width: 19.30 centimetres
Description:
Rectangular beam decorated in relief on one side with four joined roundels enclosing eight-petalled florets, and half florets on the sides. At one end of the beam there are two bands crossing diagonally, and in the triangular spaces are half florets. Carved in wood.
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![图片[1]-beam; architecture; 梁(Chinese); 建築(Chinese) BM-MAS.704-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00015040_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:The Kushans from Gandhara were great Buddhist proselytisers and in the second and third centuries AD, they sent out missionaries to the oases of the Tarim basin and established Buddhist foundations at all the major cities there. The impact of these missions can be seen in every aspect of the remains from the area. The wooden buildings from sites such as Loulan were decorated in classical style: this beam is decorated with an ornament typical of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, a series of rosettes within a binding.
Materials:wood, 木 (Chinese),
Technique:carved, 雕刻 (Chinese),
Dimensions:Length: 109 centimetres Width: 19.30 centimetres
Description:
Rectangular beam decorated in relief on one side with four joined roundels enclosing eight-petalled florets, and half florets on the sides. At one end of the beam there are two bands crossing diagonally, and in the triangular spaces are half florets. Carved in wood.
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Comments:Rawson 1992:The Kushans from Gandhara were great Buddhist proselytisers and in the second and third centuries AD, they sent out missionaries to the oases of the Tarim basin and established Buddhist foundations at all the major cities there. The impact of these missions can be seen in every aspect of the remains from the area. The wooden buildings from sites such as Loulan were decorated in classical style: this beam is decorated with an ornament typical of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, a series of rosettes within a binding.
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