Goose (Hamsa) with Floral Tail, Khotan Kingdom, 6th–7th century, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Stucco with color, 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (16.5 x 19.1 cm), Sculpture, This panel was the interior base molding of a Buddhist temple. This goose (hamsa) was part of a large group that ran along the base of the wall surmounted by lozenges withpearls. The hamsa is associated with the heavens and thus metaphorically located the sacred space of this temple within a celestial realm
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Goose, Hamsa, Floral Tail, Khotan Kingdom, 6th–7th century, China, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Stucco, color, 6 1/2 x 7 1/2, 16.5 19.1 cm, Sculpture, panel, interior base, molding, Buddhist temple, goose, hamsa, part, large group, ran, base, wall surmounted, lozenges withpearls, associated, heavens, thus metaphorically, located, sacred space, temple within, celestial realm
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