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Painted wooden panel.

Title Painted wooden panel.

Material ink and colours on wood

Pressmark 1907,1111.68

Item type plaque
Painted wooden panel.

Title Painted wooden panel.

Material ink and colours on wood

Pressmark 1907,1111.70

Item type plaque
Banner with flying ducks.

Title Banner with flying ducks.

Material ink and colours on silk

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.127

Item type banner, painting
One of a pair of seated fantastic beasts

Title One of a pair of seated fantastic…

Material clay

Pressmark DH-1

Item type sculpture
One of a pair of seated fantastic beasts

Title One of a pair of seated fantastic…

Material clay

Pressmark DH-2

Item type sculpture
Terracotta camel head.

Title Terracotta camel head.

Material clay

Pressmark MAS.44

Item type animal, figurine, plaque
Fragmentary clay figurine of a bird. The animal sits on a stand but is shown with spread wings as if flying. Parts of the beak and the crest are missing. Details such as the feathers were rendered using incised lines.;

Title Fragmentary clay figurine of a bird. The…

Material clay

Pressmark MAS.46

Item type animal, figurine
Fragment of figured silk with ducks.

Title Fragment of figured silk with ducks.

Material silk

Pressmark MAS.863

Item type textile
Stucco figure in the shape of the head and neck of a camel. The figure is very naturalistic, with the mouth open and the upper lip drawn back from the teeth. A wooden guide-peg can be seen protruding from the nostrils. The figure was modelled on a core consisting of bundles of reed bound with strings. Traces of red paint were used to cover the curly fur on the underside of the neck;

Title Stucco figure in the shape of the…

Material stucco

Pressmark MAS.1069

Item type figurine
Stein Dunhuang manuscript

Title Stein Dunhuang manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8210/S.387

Item type scroll
Funeral address to a donkey

Title Funeral address to a donkey

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8210/S.1477

Item type scroll
Stein Dunhuang manuscript

Title Stein Dunhuang manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8210/S.3836

Item type scroll
Vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 (Jing gang bo re bo luo mi jing) translated by Kumarajiva

Title Vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 (Jing gang bo…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8210/S.5544

Item type booklet: butterfly
Fragment of painted textile probably from Dunhuang.

Title Fragment of painted textile probably from Dunhuang.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8210/S.13894 A

Item type silk fragment
Photo 392/26(5)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(5)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(24)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(24)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(31)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(31)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(34)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(34)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(40)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(40)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(41)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(41)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(43)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(43)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(44)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(44)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(45)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(45)

Item type printing-out paper
Photo 392/26(46)

Material photographic print, b/w

Pressmark Photo 392/26(46)

Item type printing-out paper

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Photograph 85 Artefact 7 Painting 5 Manuscript (inc. blockprint) 4 Textile 2
printing-out paper 85 figurine 3 plaque 3 scroll 3 animal 2 sculpture 2 banner 1 booklet: butterfly 1 painting 1 silk fragment 1 textile 1
photographic print, b/w 38 manuscript, ink on paper 5 clay 4 ink and colours on wood 2 ink and colours on silk 1 silk 1 stucco 1
Animals 99 People 76 Landscape: mountains 51 horse 45 Dash 7 Settlement 7 camels 7 Buddhism 5 architecture 5 Landscape: desert 4 Travel 3 desert 3 sheep 3 Agriculture 2 Illustrated 2 Sponsored 2 Stein, Sir Aurel 1 colophons 1 dated documents 1 death 1 yaks 1
Dunhuang Mogao 9 Dandan Uiliq 2 Yotkan 2 Mingoi site 1
British Library 90 British Museum 7 State Hermitage 2

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