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banner, painting

1919,0101,0.33

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Samantabhadra.

Date

850 to 949

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 219.4 centimetres, width 115.2 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xxxvii. 003 and 005. Two large pieces of silk painting with curved tops, forming respectively R. and L. sides of one arch-shaped picture. The centre is lost, but must have contained a seated Buddha.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xxxvii.003

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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