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- SINO-TIBETAN
- term traditionally applied to images made in China but strongly influenced by Tibetan style and iconography, especially early-15th to 18th century.
- SANSKRIT
- the classical language of India and hence Hinduism and Buddhism.
- SHIVA
- third deity of the Hindu trimurti (trinity); great ascetic who is both creative and destructive.
- SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
- or Gautama, the historical Buddha, the last in the stream of countless rebirths, generally assumed to have lived and preached in the Gangetic basin around 500 B.C. (Shaka in Japanese).
- STUPA
- originally a pre-Buddhist, dome-shaped, burial mound; under Buddhism the location of auspicious relics.
- SUTRA
- best-known category of Buddhist scriptures, believed to have been the actual words of the Buddha.
- SCROLLS
- the most common methods of mounting Chinese paintings were the hanging scroll and handscroll formats.
- SEALS
- painting and calligraphy are often marked with vermilion seal impressions; these may be affixed by the artist or his friends, or by collectors and connoisseurs.
- SANCAI
- literally 'three colors'; refers to the green, amber and cream glazes used on burial ceramics of the Tang dynasty and is the name by which such wares are known; the term is somewhat inexact as the Tang sancai palette also included blue and black glazes.
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