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Paradise of Śākyamuni.
Date
800 to 850
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Measurement
height 168 centimetres, width 121.6 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. xxxviii. 004. Large silk painting representing Paradise of Śākyamuni or Amitābha, with side-scenes showing legend of Kalyānaṁkara and Pāpaṁkara as in Ch. liv. 004, and donors. Complete with border of yellowish-green silk, but lower end of painting broken; remainder in good condition, and colour fairly preserved. In general composition and treatment similar to *Ch. 0051; *lii. 003, etc., but simpler.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.xxxviii.004
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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