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1919,0101,0.78

ink and colours on paper

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Title

Kṣitigarbha and six-armed Avalokiteśvara.

Date

900 to 999

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 30 centimetres, width 56 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Fr. of paper painted roll showing a series of Bodhisattvas. Of these two remain: Kṣitigarbha as Protector of Souls in Hell (complete), and Six-armed Avalokiteśvara (incomplete). K. is seated on lotus behind altar, begging-staff in R. hand, flaming jewel in L. He wears black-barred red and buff robe, and dark shawl over his head as in *Ch. 0021, etc. Face old, and severe in expression. On either side of him are ranged, one above the other, five of the Infernal Judges, kneeling, with rolls of paper in their hands; but three of those on L. are lost.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.00404

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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