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painting

1919,0101,0.48

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Unidentified Christian saint.

Date

800 to 899

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Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 88 centimetres, width 55 centimetres

Material

ink and colours on silk

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism Nestorianism

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xlix. 001. Fr. of large silk painting representing Bodhisattva (unidentified). L. upper half only preserved, with much broken fragment of fig. and border of light brown silk along top and L. side.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xlix.001

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

The Art of Central Asia I (Whitfield)

Waley, ArthurA Catalogue of Paintings Recovered from Tunhuang by Sir Aurel SteinLondonTrustees of the British Museum1931Aurel SteinDunhuangcollections_en
Stein, M. AurelSerindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost ChinaOxfordClarendon Press1921Aurel Stein
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Whitfield, SusanSims-Williams, UrsulaThe Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and FaithLondonThe British Library2004ExhibitionSamarkandKhotanKrorainaMiranDunhuangGaochangwhitfield_susanexhibition

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