File:Paper-cut with stupa.jpg
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中文：塔形剪紙 Français : Stupa sans étage English: Paper-cut with stupa Polski: Wycinanka ze stupą
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中文：塔形剪紙 Français : Stupa sans étage English: Paper-cut with stupa Polski: Wycinanka ze stupą |
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English: One of the earliest known papercuts, this specimen was recovered by Paul Pelliot in the Dunhuang grotto. The stupa, cut from blank paper, is pasted on a sheet of paper painted in black and offers a contrasting two-dimensional graphic effect. A wooden stick on the lower edge and two holes in the upper edges allowed the object to be hung, like a kind of banner, on the cave wall. The construction evokes the pavilions located in the background of the paradise on the murals. The volutes on the roof and under the base of the stupa are intended to symbolise a transcendent world. The cutting method is clearly visible: the sheet of paper was folded in half vertically and then cut with a pair of scissors or a penknife. The resulting product exhibits perfect symmetry in the two unfolded halves, including small accidents left by the blade. Dunhuang, tenth century. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Pelliot chinois 4518 (38) Français : Découpage sur fond noir. Construction de bois évoquant les pavillons situés à l'arrière-plan des paradis sur les peintures murales des grottes. Les volutes situées sur le toit et sous la base du stūpa ont pour but, semble-t-il, de le situer dans un monde transcendant. La f. de pap. dans laquelle est réalisé le stūpa semble avoir été pliée en deux dans le sens vertical puis découpée à l'aide de ciseaux ou d'une fine lame. Il en résulte une symétrie parfaite des 2 moitiés, y compris dans les menues découpes superflues faites par erreur Polski: Wycinanka ze stupą. Dunhuang, X wiek. Biblioteka Narodowa Francji, Pelliot chinois 4518 (38) |
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| Date | 10th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pelliot chinois 4518 (38) |
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| References | https://doi.org/10.1163/26666286-12340016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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