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painting, Fragment

1919,0101,0.219.5

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Fragment of silk painting.

Date

800 to 999

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 41 centimetres, width 41 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Ch. lv. 002. a. Fr. of paper painting showing part of jewelled canopy and red-flowering trees behind a Buddha, as in *Ch. 0051, etc. Verandah of building in background. Painted entirely in red and brown on buff ground. Rough work. 1′ 1″ × 9″.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.lv.002

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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