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painting, Fragment

1919,0101,0.221.2

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Fragment of painting on paper showing feet and lower legs of Lokapāla.

Date

851 to 900

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 42 centimetres, width 22 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 0037. a–d. Four frs. of paper painting, of which (a) evidently separate small picture, and (b), (c), and (d) parts probably of larger one. (b) shows feet and lower legs of Lokapāla, seated on some kind of cushioned throne; R. leg bent across from knee, L. pendent but also bent slightly inwards. Both clad in black metal-orn. shoes, greaves, and white draperies tied round each leg below knee as in *Ch. 0035, etc. Only colouring, light red and grey, besides black. 6″ × 11″.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.0037.b

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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