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1919,0101,0.12

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Paradise of Śākyamuni.

Date

750 to 799

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 177.6 centimetres, width 121 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : Ch. liv. 004. Large silk painting with Chin. inscr., representing Paradise of Śākyamuni or Amitābha; with side-scenes showing legend of Kalyāṇaṁkara and Pāpaṁkara, as in Ch. xxxviii. 004. General treatment as in *Ch. lii. 003, etc.; condition good, but middle of picture broken away at bottom. Inscrs. refer to side-scenes only and give no date.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.liv.004

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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