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1919,0101,0.34

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Mañjuśrī.

Date

850 to 949

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 218.7 centimetres, width 114.8 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism Manjusri

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.005

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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