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ink and colours on silk

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Title

Avalokiteśvara with attendants and donors.

Date

983

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 102 centimetres, width 75.5 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

Description

Scope and content : Ch. lvii. 004. Silk painting with Chin. inscr., representing Avalokiteśvara (Kuan-yin) seated, with attendants and donors. Date given by inscr. A.D. 983. In good condition with border made of strips of thin silk, blue, pink, brown, and crimson, symmetrically arranged.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.lvii.004

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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