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Paradise of Amitābha.
Date
801 to 850
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Measurement
height 173.5 centimetres, width 120 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. lvi. 0034. Large silk painting representing Paradise of Amitāyus; with side-scenes showing legend of Ajātaśatru, and meditations of Queen Vaidehī. An elaborate representation, in arrangement and treatment most resembling *Ch. lii. 003, but workmanship not so refined, and now much effaced. Painting also considerably broken; found with coarse linen backing and border (now removed).
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.lvi.0034
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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