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prayer sheet

Or.8210/P.8

woodblock print, ink on paper

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Title

Dunhuang woodblock printed prayer sheet

Date

947

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 48.5 centimetres, width 32.6 centimetres

Material

woodblock print, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Sponsored Buddhism Prayers Illustrated colophons dated documents

Description

Scope and content : Dunhuang woodblock printed prayer sheet

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.81.V.22

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Binyon, L.Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese woodcuts preserved in the sub-department of oriental prints and drawings in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1916
Stein, M. AurelSerindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost ChinaOxfordClarendon Press1921Aurel Stein

Sponsors

This sutra has been sponsored by Tan Wee Cheng of Singapore on 21 October 1998 for the well-being of his parents - Tan Kiah Hoon and Lee Khek Joon, and his sister, Tan Wee Szu.

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