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Paradise of Amitābha.
Date
801 to 850
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Measurement
height 168 centimetres, width 123 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. xxxiii. 003. Large silk painting representing Paradise of Amitābha (or Śākyamuni), with side-scenes showing legend of Ajātaśatru and meditations of Queen Vaidehī, as in *Ch. 0051. General composition and style of work the same. Broken and much faded, especially in upper half; extreme top and bottom lost; side-scenes bordered on outside by band of dull purple, painted in white with repeating rosette pattern in imitation of brocade.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.xxxiii.003
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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