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1919,0101,0.239

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Four woodcuts of Mañjuśrī.

Date

926 to 975

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 63 centimetres, width 46 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

Subject

Buddhism

Description

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″.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00204

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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