Sculpture: Yongle Style, Xuande & Zhengtong Period

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Types of Yongle Style & Period Sculpture (1403-1424):
- Description
- Painting
- Yongle Textiles
- Yongle sculpture (Imperial Mark)
- Yongle sculpture (Unmarked)
- Yongle period sculpture
- Yongle style made after the Yongle period (Xuande, Kangxi, Qianlong, etc.)
- Masterworks
- Confusions: Lokeshvara/Tara, Lokeshvara/Manjushri
- Others...

Common Iconographic Forms:
- Avalokiteshvara
- Buddha (Buddha Appearance & Peaceful Deity Appearance)
- Deities (various types)
- Lokeshvara/Tara Confusion
- Lokeshvara/Manjushri Confusion
- Maitreya
- Manjushri
- Manjushri, Namasangiti
- Ritual Objects
- Tara
- Trampled Deities
- Unidentified Figures
- Vajradhara
- Vajrasattva
- Vajravidarana
- Virupa
- Others...

Jeff Watt 12-2015

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Essay: IMPERIAL TIBETAN BUDDHIST STATUES UNDER THE YONGLE AND XUANDE REIGNS OF THE MING DYNASTY by Luo Wenhua, translated by Guoying Stacy Zhang.