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1919,0101,0.16

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Śākyamuni or Amitābha with attendants and donors.

Date

953

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 76.6 centimetres, width 68.4 centimetres

Material

ink and colours on silk

Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

Subject

Buddhism dated documents Sakyamuni donor

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xxxiii. 001. Silk painting, with Chin. inscr., representing Śākyamuni or Amitābha, with attendants and donors. Intact with border of dark purple silk, but surface worn.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xxxiii.001

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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