Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology最新文献

“Juecheng: An Indian Buddhist Monk Painter in the Early Eleventh-Century Chinese Court” 觉诚:11世纪初中国宫廷中的一位印度和尚画家

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.302551

Heping Liu

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Preliminary Thoughts on the Marble Inscriptions from Karabalgasun 对卡拉加尔松大理石刻的初步思考

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.5.107588

Lyndon A. Arden-Wong

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Khotan Jades in the Fitzwilliam Museum Collection 菲茨威廉博物馆收藏的于阗玉器

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.302552

James Lin

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“Boots,” “Female Idols” and Disembodied Heads 《靴子》《女偶像》和《无实体的头

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.301926

E. Errington

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The Ribāṭ-Caravanserais from the Eastern Suburbs of Paykand. Archaeological and Historical Aspects 来自payland东郊的Ribāṭ-Caravanserais。考古和历史方面

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.4.2017006

S. D. Mirzaakhmedov

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Drachms of Bukhār Khudā Khunak

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.1.103267

A. Naymark

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“Miracles and Visions among the Monastic Communities of Kucha, Xinjiang” 《新疆库车僧社的奇迹与异象》

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.302549

A. Howard

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“Lions and Elephants in Tibet, Eighth to Ninth Centuries” 《八至九世纪西藏的狮子和大象》

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.302547

A. Heller

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Between Zābulistān and Gūzgān: A Study on the Early Islamic History of Afghanistan 在Zābulistān和Gūzgān之间:阿富汗早期伊斯兰教历史研究

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.4.2017011

M. Inaba

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A Rural Settlement of the Achaemenid Period in Fars 法尔斯阿契美尼德时期的一个农村定居点

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.301922

A. A. Chaverdi, P. Callieri

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