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1919,0101,0.41

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Maitreya with Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra.

Date

939

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 74 centimetres, width 61 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 00224. Dated silk painting with Chin. inscr., representing Bhaiṣajyaguru (?) with Bodhisattvas and donors. Date given in inscr. A.D. 939. Made of one breadth of silk (2′ 0¼″); border lost and painting broken, but colours fresh.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00224

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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