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Avalokiteśvara with attendants and donors.
Date
800 to 850
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height 95 centimetres, width 63.5 centimetres
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Scope and content : h. 0074. Silk painting with Tib. inscr. representing Avalokiteśvara (?) with attendants and donors. Broken top and bottom; much faded; rent across middle sewn together in antiquity; frs. of silk border preserved at sides. Picture probably shows a simple form of Sukhāvatī, Avalok. taking place of Buddha Amitābha. He is seated with legs interlocked on lotus raised on rectang. stepped pedestal behind altar; hands within each other in lap, with tips of thumbs touching; no Dhyāni-buddha. In front small tank with duck and crane (?) standing on rocks; on either side of pedestal conventional white lion. Above is canopy, but no celestial buildings.
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DHMG.
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Ch.0074
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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