Keywords: Female figure as Venus, T'ang dynasty.jpg en Female figure as the planet Venus from the painting Tejaprabhā Buddha and the Five Planets 熾盛光佛並五星 depicted as a beautiful lady playing the pipa 琵琶 Her skin tone is snow white Incidentally it was part of the female aesthetic which was transferred to Japan and emulated by the Geishas She has a bird ornament atop her head 897 A D British Museum - http //www britishmuseum org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details aspx objectId 6579 partId 1 Chang Huai-hsing 張淮興 other versions PD-old-100 Buddhist paintings from China Buddhist paintings of the Tang Dynasty Paintings in the British Museum |