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Related content for the article "The cave-temples at Dunhuang"
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Avalokiteshvara, a colour woodblock print
Sketches for illustrations to the Vimalakirtinirdesha Sutra, ink and colours on paper
Stencil for a five-figure Buddha group, painting on paper
Talisman of the Pole Star, ink and colours on paper
Travelling monk, ink and colours on paper
Manjushri visiting Vimalakirti, ink and colours on paper
Water-Moon Guanyin, ink and colours on paper
Monk seated in meditation, ink and colours on paper
Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a paper banner
Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a hemp cloth banner
Illustration to the Fumu enzhong jing, ink and colours on silk
Kshitigarbha with the Ten Kings of Hell, ink and colours on silk
Kshitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways, ink and colours on silk
Water-Moon Guanyin, ink and colours on paper
Avalokiteshvara as Saviour from Perils, ink and colours on silk
Samantabhadra and Manjushri, ink and colours on silk
Representations of Famous Buddhist Images, ink and colours on silk (fragments)
Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on a silk banner
Thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk
Lokapala, ink and colours on silk (fragment)
Virupaksha, Guardian of the West, ink and colours on a silk banner
Vajrapani, ink and colours on silk
Bodhisattva with a glass bowl, ink and colours on a silk banner
Vajrapani, ink and colours on a silk banner
Kshitigarbha, ink and colours on a silk banner
Bodhisattva with censer, ink and colours on a silk banner
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on a silk banner
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk
Vajrapani, ink and colours on a silk banner
Bodhisattva with a glass beaker, ink and colours on a silk banner
Tejaprabha Buddha and the Five Planets, ink and colours on silk
A Christian figure, ink and colours on silk (fragment)
Two standing Avalokiteshvara, ink and colour on silk
Liu Sahe and scenes from the story of the miraculous image of Mount Yugu, ink and colours on silk (fragment)
Illustration to the Vimalakirtinirdesha Sutra, ink and colours on silk
Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk
Samantabhadra, ink and colours on a silk banner
Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk
Painted and coloured paper flowers
Painted silk headpiece from a banner
Silk embroidery panel with flowers and ducks
Pair of fragments of silk
Silk altar valance
Shakyamuni preaching on the Vulture Peak, silk embroidery on hemp cloth
Patchwork of silk, probably a kasaya
Vaishravana with attendants, a woodblock print on paper
Illustrations to the Sutra of the Ten Kings, a painting on paper roll
Paradise of Maitreya, ink and colours on silk
Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on silk
Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk
Vaishravana riding across the waters, a painting on silk
Four manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, with Samantabhadra and Manjushri, a painting on silk
Thousand-armed, Thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk
Paradise of Shakyamuni, with illustrations of episodes from the Baoen Sutra, ink and colours on silk
Paradise of Amitabha, ink and colours on silk
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