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Paradise of Śākyamuni.
Date
750 to 799
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Measurement
height 177.6 centimetres, width 121 centimetres
Material
Language / 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.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.liv.004
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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