Lee, Sonya S.

Surviving nirvana death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture / [electronic resource] : Death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture Sonya S. Lee. - Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xv, 355 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-346) and index.

Doubles: stone implements -- Transformation: pictorial narratives -- Family matters: nirvana caves -- Impermanent burials: relic deposits.

9789882205826 (electronic bk.) 9882205828 (electronic bk.)


Gautama Buddha--Enlightenment.
Gautama Buddha--Art.


Buddhism in art.
Buddhism and art--History--China--To 1500.
Buddhist art and symbolism--History--China--To 1500.
Art, Medieval--Themes, motives.--China
RELIGION / Buddhism / General


Electronic books.

BQ935 / .L44 2010eb

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