元 緙絲 須彌山曼陀羅, Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 14th century, China, Silk tapestry (kesi), Overall: 33 x 33 in. (83.8 x 83.8cm), Textiles-Tapestries, The elaborate tapestry-woven mandala, or cosmic diagram, illustrates Indo-Himalayan imagery introduced to China along with the advent of Esoteric Buddhism. At the center is the mythological Mount Meru, represented by an inverted pyramid topped by a lotus, a Buddhist symbol of purity
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元 緙絲 須彌山曼陀羅, Cosmological Mandala, Mount Meru, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, 14th century, China, Silk tapestry, kesi, Overall, 33 x 33, 83.8 83.8cm, Textiles-Tapestries, elaborate, tapestry-woven, mandala, cosmic diagram, illustrates Indo-Himalayan, imagery, introduced, advent, Esoteric Buddhism, center, mythological Mount, Meru, represented, inverted pyramid, topped, lotus, Buddhist symbol, purity
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