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banner, painting

1919,0101,0.69

ink and colours on silk

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Title

Lokapāla, prob. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Guardian of the East.

Date

800 to 899

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 63 centimetres, width 67 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Ch. liv. 003. Fr. of large silk painting showing upper part of Lokapāla, prob. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Guardian of the East, more than life-size. Edges broken all round. Very fine work, the drawing vigorous and the colouring brilliant and in excellent condition.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.liv.003

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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