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Avalokiteśvara.
Date
851 to 900
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height 176.5 centimetres, width 54.5 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. xxxiv. 005. Linen painting with Chin. inscr., showing Avalokiteśvara, standing. Partially destroyed at bottom, otherwise in fair condition; no border. Fig., pose, dress, and emblems as in *Ch. 0052, etc.; but better drawing, and more variegated colour. Willow instead of lotus. Eyes oblique, hair blue, flesh white shaded with pink (much lost); dress blue, crimson, and soft green. Inscr. contains only salutation to Kuan-yin. 5′ 9½″ × 1′ 9½″.
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DHMG.
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Ch.xxxiv.005
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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