Caravan by Dick Osseman

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Caravan

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In 1992 or 1993 I saw the originals of what often is only shown in reproduction: a caravan bringing Chinese porcelain across a weird country, with giants looking over hills. Most of these are the originals (a bit more wrinkled).

This is what is normally shown.

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Shyamal Chatterji		15-Aug-2008 14:49
Hello Dick ! I am from Calcutta,India. I am an engineer by profession,but after retirement,I am working on,among other things, Iconography of terra cotta temples of Bengal,the state of India I belong to. I have a lot of photographs in my HDD , but, unlike you, I have not uploaded them in the Internet.However, your reportaire is much larger. Coming back to the topic of terra cotta temples, I am writing a page on the scenario of art before 1643 AD when the 1st temple with these panels were built in Bengal.Many artists from Middle-east migrated to India where a treasure of miniature paintings exists.Through Internet search on MEA artists of that period, I reached your page.Some social scenes on these temples show procesions ,somewhat in style of this Caravan ! Interesting ! If you are interested in this art form of Bengal, I can share a few photos with you, which are not linked with Indian/Hindu mythology,but you may be able...based on your experience....to relate with what you have seen during your travel. May be you like my 'hubs' in hubpages.com/shyamchat More on receipt of your reply. Best wishes. Shyamal Chatterji

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