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Kṣitigarbha as Lord of the Six Gati.
Date
851 to 950
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Measurement
height 123.6 centimetres, width 54.5 centimetres
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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.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.lvi.0017
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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