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2011,3047.7

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Title

sculpture

Date

366 to 1400

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Description

Scope and content : Wooden head of a musician playing the flute (?). This fragment was once probably part of a balustrade or balcony and is flat on the reverse side. The musician is depicted with his hair in a knot and wearing a large round earring. A small portion of the wind instrument (flute?) he is playing can still be seen. The object was painted in white and black but the colour has mostly flaked off.

Institution

British Museum

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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