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painting

1919,0101,0.5

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Samantabhadra, Mañjuśrī, and four forms of Avalokiteśvara.

Date

864

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 140.7 centimetres, width 97 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : Ch. lv. 0023. Large dated silk painting with Chin. inscr., representing Samantabhadra, Mañjuśrī, and Four forms of Avalokiteśvara, with attendants and donors. Date given by inscr. A.D. 864. Complete with orig. border of fawn-coloured silk, and in good condition.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.lv.0023

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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