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Three Sages from the West (Xifang Sansheng 西方三聖), Fayuan Temple (法源寺) Balkwill, Stephanie; Liu, Yifeng; Wu, Tzu-Wen; Zhang, Lusi; Liu, Yiling; Zhu, Zhaofeng

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Three sages from the West (Xifang Sansheng 西方三聖 ) are located at the Vairocana hall (Pilu dian毘盧殿), Fayuan temple (Fayuan si 法源寺). They are Mahāsthāmaprāpta (Dashizhi 大勢至), Amitâbha (Amituo 阿彌陀), and Avalokitêśvara (Guanshiyin 觀世音) from left to right. These sculptures were made of bronze in the Ming 明 dynasty (1368-1644). These sculptures' height is 24cm.

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