Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s4.t3.18

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narrow. Thus, the successors describe them as “*Wu’s* belt is against the wind, *Cao’s* clothes are out of the water,” and indicate that “carving and sculpture originate from Cao and Wu.” The original paintings of Buddha figures of ‘*Cao Zhongda*’ are no longer here to be seen again. According to ‘*Guo Ruoxu’s*’ description, this “Cao’s Style” figure of Buddha was drawn in dense and overlapped lines, clothes close to the body, as if just coming out of the water. The Buddha portraits in “Cao’s clothes out of water” style is basically in line with the Mathura style of Buddha portraits in *Gupta, India*, with the modelling characteristics of thin clothes sticking to the body, which might be influenced by the latter.