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1919,0101,0.23

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Kṣitigarbha with attendants and donors.

Date

925 to 975

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 91 centimetres, width 65.5 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : *Ch. 0021. Silk painting with Chin. inscr. (illegible), representing Kṣitigarbha as Patron of Travellers and Protector of Souls in Hell, with attendants and donors. Complete with border of faded dark purple linen; in good condition.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.0021

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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