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painting

1919,0101,0.200

ink and colours on hemp

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Title

Avalokiteśvara.

Date

801 to 850

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 174 centimetres, width 55 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

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″.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00128

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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