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1919,0101,0.139

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Title

Bodhisattva with glass bowl.

Date

851 to 899

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Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 81.5 centimetres, width 26.3 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Bodhisattva with glass bowl. All accessories lost, but painting in excellent condition, and typical of most highly finished style of Chinese Buddhist painting. For others see Ch. 009, 0011, 0016, i. 0010, xxvii. 003, xxxiv. 001, lv. 0019, and lviii. 004; and, amongst banners of smaller size, those enumerated under *Ch. 002. Serindia, p.937.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.001

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Whitfield, SusanSims-Williams, UrsulaThe Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and FaithLondonThe British Library2004ExhibitionSamarkandKhotanKrorainaMiranDunhuangGaochangwhitfield_susanexhibition

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