These two paintings are originally located on the ceilings in Mogao Grottos. One is called “Three-Rabbit Fei Tian”, the other one is called “Lotus Fei Tian”. The paintings themselves have the size of 1.5 m × 1.5 m. The design is very clever, for both of them look like they are spinning. It has been well known that the western style oil painting usually express still objects, such as the still matters, portraits, scenery…. In these two paintings, the Chinese traditional painting skill is well used to demonstrate a dynamic picture. Both of these murals were made in mid-Tang Dynasty. The richness of the color and the delicate of the lines fully reflect the prosper economy, technique and art in that time. Once again, the Fei Tian features in both pictures are shown as black or at least brownish. As we have mentioned earlier, the change of the skin color was due to somewhat oxidation reaction of the original color. Moreover, they harmonically fit with the backgrounds.

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