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MAS.1128*

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Striped woollen bag.

Date

366 to 1000

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : M. I. xxvii. 009. Bag of striped woollen material resembling fine darri; ground, golden buff; stripes, ¾″ apart and ¼″ broad, composed of bright red band and dull green band divided by thin line of buff and edged on outer sides by indigo line; woven very regularly on thick warp, giving slight corded effect. [Ser]

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

M.I.xxvii.009

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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