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Avalokiteśvara with attendants and donors.
Date
892
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height 83.3 centimetres, width 63.1 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. xx. 005. Silk painting with Chin. inscr., representing Avalokiteśvara seated, with attendants and donors. Date as given by inscr. A.D. 891. Complete and in fair condition, with border of thin silk damask woven in small lozenge lattice-work, and printed with four-armed conventional floral spots in dark blue, green, and yellow, on fawn ground.
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DHMG.
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Ch.xx.005
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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