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Bodhisattva carrying glass jar.

Title Bodhisattva carrying glass jar.

Material ink and colours on silk

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.120

Item type banner
Bodhisattva with glass bowl.

Title Bodhisattva with glass bowl.

Material ink and colours on silk

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.139

Item type painting, banner
Mounted fragments.

Title Mounted fragments.

Material ink and colours on silk

Pressmark 1919,0101,0.351

Item type painting
Clay votive tablet.

Title Clay votive tablet.

Pressmark 1928,1022.24

Item type plaque
Stucco head of a male figure. This is probably the representation of a Bodhisattva, with an elaborate hairstyle and the remains of a headdress still visible. The long hair that falls over the forehead in short curls and hangs in long wavy tresses on the shoulders. The head was made using a mould but the curls of hair were moulded and applied separately. Traces of a white slip are still visible.;

Title Stucco head of a male figure. This…

Material stucco

Pressmark MAS.1082

Item type figurine
Fragment of stucco tile with Bodhisattva head.

Title Fragment of stucco tile with Bodhisattva head.

Material clay

Pressmark MAS.1092

Item type figurine
Fragment of a statue made of stucco. This is the head of a Bodhisattva with a curly moustache. The hair is parted from the centre and fastened in a fan-shaped topknot. The Bodhisattva wears an elaborate crown, consisting of a beaded tiara which supports three plaques that are decorated with formalised floral motifs. Traces of pigments make clear that the face was originally painted white, the hair blue and the eyebrows, pupils as well as the moustache black. The crown has red and green details.;

Title Fragment of a statue made of stucco.…

Material stucco

Pressmark MAS.1102

Item type figurine
Stucco tile. The square tile shows the head of a Bodhisattva wearing flower-shaped earrings. His hair is parted from the centre and drawn loosely back under a fillet made of alternating plain and beaded bands. It is fastened in a fan-shaped topknot, decorated by a rosette in the centre. The head is surrounded by a circular halo with a beaded border. The figure is modelled in half relief.;

Title Stucco tile. The square tile shows the…

Material clay

Pressmark MAS.1108

Item type figurine
Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Title Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Material glass negative

Pressmark MIK B 699

Item type glass negative, wall painting
Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Title Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Material glass negative

Pressmark MIK B 701

Item type glass negative, wall painting
Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Title Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Material glass negative

Pressmark MIK B 825

Item type glass negative
Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Title Photograph taken on German Central Asian Expedition.

Material glass negative

Pressmark MIK B 867

Item type glass negative, wall painting
Pelliot Chinese Dunhuang manuscript

Title Pelliot Chinese Dunhuang manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Pelliot chinois 3937
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(5)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220, south wall, taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220, south…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(6)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 159 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 159 taken…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(8)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 159, west wall, taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 159, west…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(10)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Maitreya in a niche in Dunhuang Mogao Cave 257 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Maitreya in a niche in…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(21)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Sakyamuni Buddha between two Bodhisattvas in Dunhuang Mogao Cave 251 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Sakyamuni Buddha between two Bodhisattvas…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(26)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Sakyamuni standing on the Vulture Peak in Dunhuang Mogao Cave 249 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Sakyamuni standing on the Vulture…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(27)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 249 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 249 taken…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(32)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(33)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(34)

Item type film negative
Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Title Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 220 taken…

Pressmark Photo 1231/1(35)

Item type film negative

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bodhisattva 48 Buddhism 41 caves 31 Sakyamuni 8 Avalokitesvara 1 music and dance 1
Dunhuang Mogao 24 not applicable 15 Mingoi site 4 Duldulokur 1
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