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Scenes from Life of Buddha.
Date
800 to 899
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Measurement
height 60 centimetres, width 16.5 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. lv. 009. Painted silk banner; both ends of painting and all accessories lost, but otherwise, with its companion Ch. lv. 0010, one of the best preserved banners in Collection. Subject: Scenes from Life of Buddha; purely Chin. in style. Banner defined at edges by painted border of chocolate brown, and divided by transverse bars of same into four sq. panels.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.lv.009
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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