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Illustrations to the Vimalakirtinirdesa Sūtra.
Date
900 to 950
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height 31 centimetres, width 127 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. 00144. Paper scroll covered with rough sketches of Buddhist subjects, prob. designs for larger compositions. Scroll consists of three sheets pasted end to end and covered each side with sketches or with Chin. writing; but direction of scenes or writing (i.e. as regards top and bottom of paper) is not uniform on either side.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.00144
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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