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Dunhuang painted banner on hemo showing Budda with retinue and donors below.

Title Dunhuang painted banner on hemo showing Budda…

Material ink and colours on hemp

Pressmark Add.Or.5222

Item type banner
Dunhuang painted banner on hemp showing bodhisattva

Title Dunhuang painted banner on hemp showing bodhisattva

Material ink and colours on hemp

Pressmark Add.Or.5223

Item type banner
Dunhuang paintied banner on hemp showing bodhisattva

Title Dunhuang paintied banner on hemp showing bodhisattva

Material ink and colours on hemp

Pressmark Add.Or.5224

Item type banner
Dunhuang painted banner on hemp showing Avalokitesvara

Title Dunhuang painted banner on hemp showing Avalokitesvara

Material ink and colours on hemp

Pressmark Add.Or.5225

Item type banner
no image available

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 4/8

Item type paper fragment
Pothi manuscript of Vajracchedika Prajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra) in Khotanese.

Title Pothi manuscript of Vajracchedika Prajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Cutter…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 57/1

Item type pothi
Pothi manuscript of Aparaimutayuhsutrasharani (Incantation of the Sutra of Eternal Life) in Khotanese.

Title Pothi manuscript of Aparaimutayuhsutrasharani (Incantation of the…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 60/1

Item type pothi
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 1

Item type scroll
no image available

Title Khotanese and Chinese manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 7

Item type scroll
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 12

Item type scroll
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 13

Item type scroll
Khotanese/Chinese manuscript scroll.

Title Khotanese/Chinese manuscript scroll.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 21

Item type scroll
Scroll of dharani and sutras in Sanskrit and Khotanese with silk front wrapper (stored as IOL Khot S 46a). Chinese on verso.

Title Scroll of dharani and sutras in Sanskrit…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 46

Item type scroll
Silk front wrapper, part of a Khotanese manuscript scroll with Chinese on verso

Title Silk front wrapper, part of a Khotanese…

Material ink and colours on silk

Pressmark IOL Khot S 46a

Item type sutra-wrapper
no image available

Title Vajrayana texts

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot S 47

Item type scroll
Manuscript pothi of the Satapancasatikastotra of Matrceta.

Title Manuscript pothi of the Satapancasatikastotra of Matrceta.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL San 416

Item type pothi
Manuscript pothi of the Satapancasatikastotra of Matrceta.

Title Manuscript pothi of the Satapancasatikastotra of Matrceta.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL San 418

Item type pothi
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL San 860

Item type pothi
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL San 866

Item type pothi
Pothi manuscript of the Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra (Sutra of Golden Light) in Sanskrit.

Title Pothi manuscript of the Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra (Sutra of…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL San 1489

Item type pothi
Pothi manuscript of Satasahasrika Prajnaparamitasutra in Sanskrit.

Title Pothi manuscript of Satasahasrika Prajnaparamitasutra in Sanskrit.

Material ink on palm leaf

Pressmark IOL San 1492

Item type pothi
no image available

Title Tibetan manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 94

Item type scroll
Tibetan manuscript

Title Tibetan manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 120.2

Item type pothi
no image available

Title Tibetan manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 120.11

Item type pothi

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Manuscript (inc. blockprint) 6393 Photograph 1337 Artefact 38 Painting 29 Archaeological site 1 Archive 1 Map and plans 1 Textile 1
scroll 5749 digital photograph 454 gelatin silver print 336 paper fragment 336 film negative 190 printing-out paper 131 55mm slide 119 colour print 99 pothi 66 booklet: butterfly 62 ink on birch bark 56 booklet: thread 31 concertina 22 booklet 17 library tag 15 prayer sheet 11 woodslip 11 patch 10 sutra-wrapper 7 35mm slide 6 banner 5 textile 2 wood tablet 2 Fragment 1 bag 1 rubbing 1 settlement 1 silk fragment 1 takhti-shaped tablet 1
manuscript, ink on paper 6278 digital photograph 454 woodblock print, ink on paper 40 ink on wood 12 ink and colours on hemp 4 ink on silk 3 ink and colours on paper 2 colours on silk 1 ink and colours on silk 1 ink on birch bark 1 ink on palm leaf 1 paper 1 silk 1
Buddhism 7776 Sponsored 878 caves 603 History 461 Travel 457 Archaeological site 455 colophons 390 Landscape: desert 330 Stein, Sir Aurel 330 desert 330 dated documents 303 Social and Economic 151 Landscape: mountains 115 military 110 Empress Wu characters 97 Afghanistan 87 Prayers 71 Illustrated 59 braid 56 seal 43 Literary 38 bodhisattva 34 Club circular 28 Avalokitesvara 26 Daoism 24 scroll 23 letter 17 architecture 16 Official 14 Astronomy and Divination 13 Legal 13 Library stamp 10 Medicine 9 Sakyamuni 9 Manjusri 8 People 8 Dictionaries, Phrase books etc. 7 Geography and topography 7 Inventory 7 death 6 Confucianism 5 Animals 4 pothi 4 Apocryphal sutra 3 Blood, writing with 3 Manicheanism 3 Textile 3 Writing exercise 3 music and dance 3 tag 3 forgery, unconfirmed 2 paper fragment 2 women 2 Christian 1 Hinduism 1 Jataka 1 Settlement 1 forgery 1 inscription 1 mandala 1 tantra 1
Dunhuang Mogao 6956 Kharakhoto 101 not applicable 57 Subashi 31 Khadalik 21 Kizil 12 Bezeklik 9 Gilgit stupa 8 Dandan Uiliq 6 Miran Fort 4 Toyuk 4 Niya 3 Endere Fort 2 Etsin-gol 2 Bashkoyumal 1 Domoko 1 Duldulokur 1 Dunhuang Limes 1 Miran 1
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