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10th-c Tang dharani (magical Buddhist chants in Sanskrit) written on silk, with the portrait of the female donor worshiping a deity in the center and her name embedded in the dharani lines. It comes within a bronze case, with rounded edges and traces of fabric on its surface.

Portraits of Uyghur noblewomen from the Bezeklik Caves, Xinjiang, ca. 8th-9th c. The left could also be a Bodhisattva or a heavenly attendant of the Buddha. Buddhist art of Uyghur Kingdom is known primarily for its marvelous paintings; a sculpted masterpiece like this is rare.

Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel penned by Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century(1), copied and illustrated by numerous artists in Japanese history, including some of the most accomplished woman calligraphers and painters(2-4).

Cave 464, one of the most fascinating Buddhist chapels at Dunhuang, yielded a large corpus of Uygur manuscripts, movable types &inscriptions, along with materials in other languages. It was rebuilt in 14th c to bury a Mongol princess & used by Uygur monks to produce printed books

The world's only extant painting with a single image of Mani, the founder of Manichaeism, was recently discovered by Prof. Yoshida Yutaka in Fujita Museum (Japan). Dated to 13th c, it had been identified as Buddhist deity Kṣitigarbha (Jizo in Japanese). Images by @sasaki_kyosuke

@ArchaeoManc No. It's pretty common for women to show their hands.

Dionysus riding lion & Judgement of Paris. 2 silver vessels from NW China. Might answer some questions raised by 🐫 in my previous tweet.

Dionysus depicted on the sack of a pottery camel, uncovered in an early seventh-century tomb in Xi’an, China.

Jessie Arms Botke, "The Masque of Youth," 1918, Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago