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Kṣtigarbha as monk.
Date
800 to 899
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Measurement
height 58 centimetres, width 18.5 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : *Ch. i. 003. Painted silk banner with Chin. inscr. on painting and Chin. char. also on suspension loop and back of head-piece. Weighting-board and bottom streamers lost; frs. of side streamers of dark blue silk preserved. Painting in good condition, except at upper end. Head-piece of printed silk, much faded, of same pattern as Ch. lxi. 005 and backed with sage-green silk; edges bound with red silk much decayed; suspension loop of fine gamboge and dark green silk.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.i.003
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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