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The Cave as Canvas: Hidden Images of Worship along the Silk Road
From september 9 2001 to july 7 2002
Asian art
Religious art
This group of 15 5th century wall-painting fragments from the Buddhist cave site of Qizil in China are used to examine the religious meaning and function of a typical Chinese Central Asian Buddhist cave.