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painting

1919,0101,0.20

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Śākyamuni in grotto of Vulture Peak with Jātaka scenes.

Date

701 to 899

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 95.9 centimetres, width 51.8 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 0059. Fr. of large silk painting evidently representing Buddha (Śākyamuni) in grotto of Vulture Peak, with Jātaka (?) scenes at sides. Part only of L. half, much broken and all edges incomplete; but drawing well preserved and colour exceptionally fresh.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.0059

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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