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| Keywords: T'ang dynasty Nestorian image of Jesus Christ (Original version).jpg en Fragmentary painting of standing figure While the figure has some features typical of bodhisattva images three-quarter view hand gesture this appears to be a Christian saint possibly Nestorian He has a halo and a cross each arm terminating in bead-like extensions appears both in the headdress of the figure and hanging form the necklace he is wearing In his left hand he holds a long staff He wears a red stole with a yellow lining over a robe which has faded to a greenish colour very similar to that of the background silk Two minor features suggest that this painting dates from the end of the 9th century the narrow flame border of the halo and the configuration of the mouth which has a slight downward return to the ends of the ink line between the lips Further confirmation of a possible Christian identification of the figure appears on close examination of the face as there is a fairly thick moustache and a slight beard both in red and quite different from the curling moustaches generally in green of Bodhisattvas zh-tw 此像如菩薩像中 常見的那樣，爲四分之三身像，右手的姿勢也很相似，但表現的是基 敎，應該是景敎的聖 冠飾和項鍊都 邊緣爲水滴 的十字架 聖 左手持長 ，身披黃色襯裏的紅色披肩，其下著綠色衣裳，但已褪色，以致其與背景顔色相近 頭光 細小的火燄帶，閉合的脣線拉著墨線，兩端稍 下翻卷 兩 微小特徵說明此畫是9世 以後的 品 細査臉部描繪，相當濃密的鬍子和 疏的鄂鬚都是赤茶色的，與 世音菩薩 常捲曲的綠色鬍鬚完全不同，從 點可肯定此像表現的是基 敎聖 T'ang dynasty http //www britishmuseum org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details aspx objectId 6602 partId 1 anonymous other versions PD-old-100 Nestorianism Jesus Christ in art Paintings of the Tang Dynasty | ||||
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