[Buddha-l] More Buddhist angels?

[Volker Thewalt]

Dear Joanna, dear all,

having a short look at Marshall, Buddhist Art of 
Gandhara (Cambridge 1960, Re-printed
in Pakistan at the Anjuman Press, Karachi) I found 
quite a number of winged "angels":

figs. 21, 22: Inscribed brackets (nagadantas) in form 
of a winged deva from Sirkap
figs. 23-25: ditto, from Kunala and Dharmarajika
figs. 145,146: similar: winged atlants
fig. 148: frieze of garland with winged figures from 
Kalawan.

There must be many more sculptures like these --- 
unfortunately I do not
have all the publications (Foucher, Ingholt, 
Rosenfield, Faccenna, etc.) at hand to
check it out.

Best,
Volker

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jkirk schrieb:
> Well well, check this link:
> http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/bagan/anandaindex.htm
> 
> the gandharva figures on either side of the central figure andonebelow it
> are winged.
> I can't make out clearly the others......
>>From the Shwe-Kyaung-pyi monastery--remainder of King Mindon's palaces built
> in mid 19th c, therefore one infers that the winged angel image types were
> inspired by western art through contact of the British and their cultural
> baggage.
> 
> Joanna
> 

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