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Paradise of Amitābha.
Date
405 to 1055
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height 210 centimetres, width 177 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. 00216. Large silk painting with Chin. inscr., fragmentary but, so far as preserved, in exceptionally fresh condition, representing Paradise of Amitābha or Śākyamuni, and with side-scenes showing the legend of Ajātaśatru and Meditations of Queen Vaidehī as in *Ch. 0051, etc. Inscriptions refer to side-scenes only, giving no date. Side-scenes divided from main picture by broad band of vermilion, covered with trailing bunches of leaves and flowers in vivid blue, orange-red, copper-green, and pink or grey stems. Row of scenes also along bottom, separated from upper part by band of hexagonal diaper in blue and green, hexagons containing rosettes in red and pink. Painted border round whole, of dark brown orn. with bold groups of entwined tendrils in orange-red. L. upper corner, L. lower corner, L. centre, and most of R. half preserved.
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DHMG.
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Ch.00216
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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