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painting

1919,0101,0.57

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra.

Date

751 to 800

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 140 centimetres, width 115.5 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism Manjusri

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 00350. Large silk painting representing Buddhist Paradise and scenes outside, of type not elsewhere found in Collection; cf. above, pp. 890 sq. Much broken at bottom, and to some extent at top, but otherwise in fair condition and retaining orig. fawn silk border.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00350

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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