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1919,0101,0.15

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Avalokiteśvara seated by water.

Date

925 to 975

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 82.9 centimetres, width 29.6 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Ch. i. 009. Paper painting showing Avalokiteśvara (Kuan-yin) seated by water; cf. Ch. lvi. 0015, the only other representation in Collection.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.i.009

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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