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1919,0101,0.29*

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Kṣitigarbha as Lord of the Six Gati.

Date

851 to 950

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 123.6 centimetres, width 54.5 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : Ch. lvi. 0017. Large silk painting with Chin. inscr., representing Kṣitigarbha in guise of monk, as Lord of the Six Gati. Upper L. quarter lost, and replaced by painted paper; condition otherwise fair. Cf. other representations under *Ch. 0021.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.lvi.0017

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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