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Vaiśravaṇa with attendants crossing the ocean.

Title Vaiśravaṇa with attendants crossing the ocean.

Material ink and colours on silk

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.45

Item type painting, banner
Stencil for a Buddha.

Title Stencil for a Buddha.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.73.2

Item type pounce
Seated Buddha

Title Seated Buddha

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.79

Item type painting
Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi holding a Vajra.

Title Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi holding a Vajra.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.158

Item type banner, painting
Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.

Title Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.159

Item type banner, painting
Avalokitesvara with six arms.

Title Avalokitesvara with six arms.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.162

Item type painting, banner
Seated monk in meditation.

Title Seated monk in meditation.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.163

Item type painting
Avalokiteśvara seated on a lotus.

Title Avalokiteśvara seated on a lotus.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.192

Item type painting
Fragment of silk painting.

Title Fragment of silk painting.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.219.5

Item type painting, Fragment
Fragment of painting on paper showing musicians.

Title Fragment of painting on paper showing musicians.

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.221.4

Item type Fragment, painting
Vaiśravana with attendants and a donor(?).

Title Vaiśravana with attendants and a donor(?).

Material ink and colours on paper

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.245

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

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Dx-1308

Item type scroll
no image available

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
no image available

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
no image available

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

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Manuscript (inc. blockprint) 88 Painting 57 Textile 4 Artefact 3 Print or drawing 1
scroll 45 paper fragment 20 silk fragment 16 prayer sheet 11 painting 10 banner 8 Fragment 4 booklet: thread 3 booklet: butterfly 2 painting, religious 2 paper-cut 2 pothi 2 pounce 2 booklet 1 concertina 1 hanging scroll 1
manuscript, ink on paper 89 ink and colours on paper 17 woodblock print, ink on paper 14 colours on silk 1 ink and colours on hemp 1 ink and colours on silk 1
Illustrated 125 Buddhism 68 Prayers 12 Sponsored 11 dated documents 10 Daoism 8 colophons 7 Astronomy and Divination 6 seal 5 Avalokitesvara 4 Social and Economic 3 Animals 2 Medicine 2 Blood, writing with 1 Club circular 1 Literary 1 Manicheanism 1 Official 1 Textile 1 Writing exercise 1 braid 1 calligraphy 1 donor 1 letter 1
Dunhuang Mogao 120 Kharakhoto 5
British Library 106 British Museum 11 Bibliothèque nationale de France 6 Institute of Oriental Manuscripts 2

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