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Title

Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao cave 61, south wall of corridor, taken by Desmond Parsons in 1935, showing Tejaprabhā Buddha.

Date

1935

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Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 21 centimetres, width 19.3 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : The image shows Tejaprabhā Buddha with planetary divinities. It is very similar to that taken by Stein in 1907 and reproduced in Serindia, Fig. 215.

Institution

British Library

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

n/a

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Sponsors

Presented to the British Library by Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse, in memory of his uncle, the Hon. Desmond Parsons.

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