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Avalokiteśvara.
Date
801 to 850
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height 174 centimetres, width 55 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. 00128. Linen painting representing Avalokiteśvara, standing. No border; paint much gone; lower end and R. side badly discoloured. Pose and emblems as in *Ch. 0052, but fig., dress, and coiffure of Chinese Buddhist type (as in *Ch. 002). Only remains of colour, light red on stole and skirt. Good workmanship. Cf. other paintings enumerated under *Ch. 0052. 5′ 7″ × 2′ 10″.
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DHMG.
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Ch.00128
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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