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Avalokiteśvara as Guide of Souls.
Date
900 to 949
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Measurement
height 84.8 centimetres, width 54.7 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. lvii. 003. Silk painting representing Avalokiteśvara (Kuan-yin) as Guide of Souls; an inferior and evidently later version of preceding. Complete and in good condition; also mounted as Kakemono, but orig. mount replaced.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.lvii.003
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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