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Four woodcuts of Mañjuśrī.
Date
926 to 975
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height 63 centimetres, width 46 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. 00204. Four woodcuts on paper, from same design as Ch.00151, showing Chin. text and Mañjuśrī on lion. Poor impressions printed together on number of small squares of thin paper, pasted together to form one sheet and bordered with stiffer paper. Down middle between impressions pasted another strip of paper, with small Buddha badly drawn and painted at top, and salutation to Amitābha (?) below. Lower part of inscr. obscured by dirt; sheet generally in bad condition. 2′ 4″ × 1′ 5¾″.
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DHMG.
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Ch.00204
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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