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banner, painting

1919,0101,0.159

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.

Date

925 to 975

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 49.8 centimetres, width 29 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Paper painting, showing Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (Kuan-yin), standing; ‘thousand’ hands form halo which reaches almost to knees. Fig. larger and cruder edition of those in Ch. 00394. a–b; attitude, dress, and colouring practically same. Discs of Sun and Moon here contain no figs.; other emblems include skull-headed mace, Vajra-topped mace, noose (?). Bands of grey-blue again drawn across top and bottom of picture. 1′ 7½″ × 1′. Serindia, p. 995.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00386

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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