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Marble standing Buddha with pigments. 70 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Excavated from Liquan Monestery at Liquan County, Xianyang, 1987 CE. From the Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)
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Liana is the Social Media Editor for Ancient History Encyclopedia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in ancient Greece, Rome & Late Antiquity. She is particularly passionate about Rome and Greece, and anything to do with mythology or women.
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Miate, L. (2016, November 23). Tang Dynasty Standing Buddha. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6063/tang-dynasty-standing-buddha/
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Miate, Liana. "Tang Dynasty Standing Buddha." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 23, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6063/tang-dynasty-standing-buddha/.
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Miate, Liana. "Tang Dynasty Standing Buddha." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Nov 2016. Web. 26 Jul 2024.
