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Avalokiteśvara.
Date
851 to 950
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height 157.5 centimetres, width 54 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. xxi. 007. Linen painting showing Avalokiteśvara, standing. No border; linen suspension loops at top; torn, and paint entirely gone from lower quarter of picture. Fig., pose, dress, and emblems as in Ch. iii. 0011; cf. also linen paintings under *Ch. 0052. Face very large, with oblique cat-like eyes and crooked mouth. Remains of colour dark red, green, and grey. 5′ 2″ × 1′ 9½″.
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DHMG.
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Ch.xxi.007
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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