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1919,0101,0.30

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Buddha, perhaps Maitreya.

Date

925 to 999

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 64.6 centimetres, width 39.4 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism donor

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xlvi. 009. Silk painting, representing seated Buddha, perhaps Maitreya, with donors. Complete with border of coarse red twill (cotton ?), and in fair condition.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xlvi.009

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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