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Pressmark BD10708

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Pressmark BD11411c

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Pressmark BD11764

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Pressmark BD12059

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Pressmark BD12175

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Pressmark BD12176

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Pressmark BD12187

Item type scroll
Manuscript from German Central Asia expeditions.

Title Manuscript from German Central Asia expeditions.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Ch 2130

Item type paper fragment
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Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Dx-1308

Item type scroll
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Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark F-123a

Item type scroll
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 13

Item type scroll
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Title Fragment of painting on wood with ?Tocharian…

Material ink and colours on wood

Pressmark IOL Khot W 65
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Title Tibetan manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 378

Item type scroll
Tibetan manuscript

Title Tibetan manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 384

Item type concertina
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Title Tibetan manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 727

Item type scroll
Line drawing of a buddha

Title Line drawing of a buddha

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1361

Item type pounce
Painting of a buddha

Title Painting of a buddha

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1362

Item type painting
Sketch of two Vajrāpanis

Title Sketch of two Vajrāpanis

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1363

Item type paper fragment
Artefact from Dunhuang, possibly a tantric ritual implement or Tibetan tsakli.

Title Artefact from Dunhuang, possibly a tantric ritual…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1364
Painting on paper of a bodhisattva

Title Painting on paper of a bodhisattva

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1365

Item type banner
Tantric diagrams featuring the buddha Vairocana

Title Tantric diagrams featuring the buddha Vairocana

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1366

Item type hanging scroll
Triangular top of a fragmentary banner, bottom part missing.

Title Triangular top of a fragmentary banner, bottom…

Material colours on silk

Pressmark IOL Tib J 1367

Item type banner

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manuscript, ink on paper 127 ink and colours on paper 23 woodblock print, ink on paper 18 ink on wood 8 silk 2 colours on silk 1 film negative 1 ink and colours on hemp 1 ink and colours on leather 1 ink and colours on silk 1 ink and colours on wood 1
Illustrated 202 Buddhism 90 dated documents 16 Manicheanism 13 Prayers 12 Sponsored 12 colophons 12 Daoism 9 Astronomy and Divination 8 seal 5 Animals 4 Avalokitesvara 4 Social and Economic 3 Textile 3 Medicine 2 braid 2 Agriculture 1 Anglo-Afghan War, Second (1878-1880) 1 Apocryphal sutra 1 Blood, writing with 1 Club circular 1 Empress Wu characters 1 Kandahar 1 Literary 1 Official 1 People 1 Writing exercise 1 calligraphy 1 camels 1 donor 1 letter 1 mandala 1
Dunhuang Mogao 136 Kharakhoto 6 Endere Fort 2 Karakhoja 2 Dunhuang Limes 1 Mazar Tagh 1 Mingoi site 1 Miran Fort 1 Toyuk 1
British Library 140 British Museum 17 Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften 16 National Library of China 14 Bibliothèque nationale de France 7 Princeton East Asian Library 3 Institute of Oriental Manuscripts 2 Museum of Asian Art 1 Private Collection: Sam Fogg 1 Ryukoku University Omiya Library 1

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Chinese (lang.) 104 Chinese (script) 83 not applicable 48 Tibetan (lang.) 10 Tibetan (script) 10 Brahmi (script) 4 Middle Persian (lang.) 4 Tangut (lang.) 4 Tangut (script) 4 Khotanese (lang.) 2 Manichaean (script) 2 Parthian (lang.) 2 Sogdian (lang.) 2 Bactrian (lang.) 1 English (lang.) 1 Kok Turkic (script) 1 Old Turkic (lang.) 1 Tocharian B (lang.) 1
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