Dunhuang - Cave 285
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Cave 285, Western Wei (535-556) , east slope of ceiling (pl. 32) Cave 285, which has inscriptions dated 538 and 539, is of considerable size, 6.4 metres wide, 5.9 metres deep and 4.3 metres high. Like cave 249, it has a pyramidal ceiling with a flat central area, providing generous surfaces for ornament and imager. As well as being one of the very few precisely dated caves, it also has the distinction of being the largest of the three monastery-type caves at Dunhuang, corresponding to the rock-cut monasteries at Ajanta in India. The mural decoration of the whole of the cave is extremely innovative and unusually well preserved, with brilliant undimmed colouring and lively depictions. Different schemes are seen on the four walls and the ceiling...
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