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1919,0101,0.125

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Kṣtigarbha as monk.

Date

800 to 899

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 58 centimetres, width 18.5 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

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.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.i.003

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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