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booklet

1919,0101,0.208

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Part of an illustrated Chinese Ms. book.

Date

800 to 899

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 13.5 centimetres, width 14.5 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xxii. 0026. Part of illustrated Chin. MS. book, beginning with representations of the Four Lokapālas; cf. Ch. xviii. 002. Ten leaves remain. First shows on outside remains of purple and green silk, and formed cover; inside, painted figs. of two Lokapālas standing. Second has on obv. one l. Chin., on rev. two remaining Lokapālas. Third shows on obv. 4 ll. Chin. in black and one isolated char. in red; on rev. 9 ll. text with gloss. Remaining leaves contain continuation of text, well written in black with red punctuation, 8–9 ll. on each side of page, text consisting of passages from various Sūtras.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xxii.0026

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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