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Kate Lingley 龍梅若
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Art historian of medieval China; Assoc Prof, UH Mānoa. Feminist; foodie; early-music nerd; Jewish mother; SF/F fan; knitter; Maine native. She/her. Buddhist monuments and women's history in early medieval China. IG @kate.lingley for lace knitting etc
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Oo now I want to send you all my favorites. I will have to dig up the one where there are a bunch of bodhisattvas in a row and one of them has turned around to talk to the guy next to him, and the artist clearly figured the halo was like a plate stuck to the back of his head so it's seen side-on 😁

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omg i would love to see your favorites!!!

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Here. Sadly I have lost the note as to which cave it's from, but it's certainly late Northern Wei or Northern Zhou, so kind of mid-sixth century.

Detail of a cave temple from the Dunhuang caves in China - showing a row of standing bodhisattvas wearing long skirts and flowing scarves. They are mostly facing front and have halos around their heads, but one is turned to the side and the halo has turned with him, as if it's a plate stuck to the back of his head.
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Kate Lingley 龍梅若
@klingley.bsky.social
Art historian of medieval China; Assoc Prof, UH Mānoa. Feminist; foodie; early-music nerd; Jewish mother; SF/F fan; knitter; Maine native. She/her. Buddhist monuments and women's history in early medieval China. IG @kate.lingley for lace knitting etc
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