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1919,0101,0.147

ink and colours on hemp

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Title

Bodhisattva.

Date

901 to 950

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 100 centimetres, width 18.5 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xxiii. 007. Painted linen banner with head-piece border and side streamers of brown linen. Fair condition. Practically replica of Ch. 00139 (q.v.), but L. hand of Bodhisattva drops sharply from wrist, and colouring includes bright orange. 4′ 3½″ (with head-piece) × 7″.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xxiii.007

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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