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mandala, painting

1919,0101,0.32

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Paradise of Bhaiṣajyaguru.

Date

836

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 152.3 centimetres, width 177.8 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xxxvii. 004. Remains of large silk painting, with Chin. and Tib. inscr. (illegible), showing apparently Maṇḍala of Avalokiteśvara. Incomplete all sides, but unbroken in itself except at corners, and in fair preservation.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xxxvii.004

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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