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1919,0101,0.28*

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Title

Avalokiteśvara with attendants and donors.

Date

892

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 83.3 centimetres, width 63.1 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

Description

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.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xx.005

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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