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LOAN:STEIN.303

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Title

Textile from Central Asia.

Date

800

Find site

Balawaste

Measurement

height 7 centimetres, width 4.2 centimetres

Material

silk

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Textile

Institution

V&A

Provenance

Stein 1913-16

Find site identifier

Bal.

Stein site number

Bal.007.c

Find site description

Site near Domoko, 60-80 miles east of Khotan on the southern arm of the Silk Road. On Stein's 3rd expedition, this signature indicates items including fresco and stucco relievos said to have been brought from Balawaste but not actually excavated there.

Excavation history : Stein 1921: 207; Stein 1928: 130.

Short description : Balawaste: Buddhist shrine near Domoko E of Khotan

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Stein textiles loan collection, on loan from the Government of India and the Archaeological Survey of India, copyright: Government of India V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum: Stein textiles loan collection, on loan from the Government of India and the Archaeological Survey of India, copyright: Government of India

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