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1919,0101,0.152

ink and colours on hemp

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Title

Bodhisattva.

Date

851 to 950

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 106.5 centimetres, width 17.5 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : *Ch. liv. 008. Painted linen banner; one of a set comprising Ch. liv. 009; lv. 0037, and lvi. 0021–2. All are of the same size and in the same style and colouring, and have similar accessories. 008 complete except for weighting-board, clean and in good condition. Head-piece border of bright pink linen; streamers of dark brown.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.liv.008

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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