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Tripod-footed painted ceramic vessel

This fine vessel was acquired by Sir Marc Aurel Stein in the…
Agate belt set

This agate belt set consists of one tail piece and eight squ…
Bodhisattva with a glass beaker, ink and colours on a silk banner

The figure of a bodhisattva is painted on a narrow piece o…
Ding family of the Jinchang pavillion, A basket of flowers, a colour woodblock print

The inscription on this print identifies the Ding family as …
Ding Liangxian, Arbutus and Grasshopper, a colour woodblock print

This print was originally produced by members of the Ding fa…
Pair of fragments of silk

These two fragments might once have formed part of a headpie…
Patchwork of silk, probably a kasaya

Sir Marc Aurel Stein originally suggested that this large pa…
Silk altar valance

Silk valances liek this were originally used on the altars o…
Water-Moon Guanyin, ink and colours on paper

Guanyin, the Chinese name for Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisat…
A Christian figure, ink and colours on silk (fragment)

Christianity reached ninth-century China in the form of Nest…
Avalokiteshvara, a colour woodblock print

This print was found in Cave 17 at Mogao together with many …
Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on silk

The figure of the Buddha Amitabha in the headdress clearly i…
Avalokiteshvara as Saviour from Perils, ink and colours on silk

Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, is show in…
Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a hemp cloth banner

Hemp, coarser than silk, was cheaper and it is thus likely t…
Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a paper banner

This is one of many examples from Mogao of a temple flag or …
Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on a silk banner

The painting is inscribed with the characters yinlu pu or 'B…
Bodhisattva with a glass bowl, ink and colours on a silk banner

This is one of the most beautifully executed banners from Mo…
Bodhisattva with censer, ink and colours on a silk banner

This is the painted area of a banner, which has now lost its…
Four manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, with Samantabhadra and Manjushri, a painting on silk

The four manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva…
Illustration to the Fumu enzhong jing, ink and colours on silk

The upper part of the painting is occupied by a Buddha group…
Illustration to the Vimalakirtinirdesha Sutra, ink and colours on silk

Vimalakirti, the hero of the Vimalakirtinirdesha sutra , is …
Illustrations to the Sutra of the Ten Kings, a painting on paper roll

The 'Ten Kings of Hell' come from an apocryphal sutra date…
Kshitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways, ink and colours on silk

The bodhisattva Kshitigarbha is shown wearing a hood and s…
Kshitigarbha, ink and colours on a silk banner

This is one of many examples from Mogao of a painted banner …
Kshitigarbha with the Ten Kings of Hell, ink and colours on silk

This painting shows in detail the Chinese Buddhist concept o…
Liu Sahe and scenes from the story of the miraculous image of Mount Yugu, ink and colours on silk (fragment)

This is a fragment of a much larger painting (another fragme…
Lokapala, ink and colours on silk (fragment)

This huge fragment - now mounted as a hanging scroll - was o…
Manjushri visiting Vimalakirti, ink and colours on paper

This painting shows Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, …
Monk seated in meditation, ink and colours on paper

The cave where the paintings were found sealed up at Mogao, …
Painted and coloured paper flowers

These six paper flowers must be among the earliest examples …
Painted clay and wood figure of a horse

Astana was a cemetery site along the Northern Silk Route exp…
Painted silk headpiece from a banner

This square of silk would have been folded diagonally to for…
Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls

Before the advent of Islam in the eighth century AD, Khotan …
Paradise of Amitabha, ink and colours on silk

Pure Land sutras , which describe the Paradises of various B…
Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk

This large painting is devoted to Bhaishajyaguru, the Buddha…
Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk

Sutras and rituals connected to Bhaishajyaguru, the Buddha …
Representations of Famous Buddhist Images, ink and colours on silk (fragments)

These fragments are from a large painting, several parts of …
Samantabhadra and Manjushri, ink and colours on silk

These large paintings were originally paired. Although paint…
Samantabhadra, ink and colours on a silk banner

The triangular top and the streamers of this temple flag or …
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on a silk banner

This painting was executed in a more sketchy style than othe…
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk

At the time of the birth of the historical Buddha, Shakyamun…
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk

This painting was part of a series representing the life of …
Silk embroidery panel with flowers and ducks

This large piece of embroidery was found folded over and sew…
Sketches for illustrations to the Vimalakirtinirdesha Sutra, ink and colours on paper

This long strip comprises three sheets of paper pasted toget…
Stencil for a five-figure Buddha group, painting on paper

This stencil (or pounce) is one of very few to survive, and …
Talisman of the Pole Star, ink and colours on paper

The lower section of this painting is occupied by Chinese wr…
Tejaprabha Buddha and the Five Planets, ink and colours on silk

This painting shows a very rare form of the Buddha, named in…
Silk Princess painting

During his first expedition to Chinese Central Asia in 1900-…
Thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk

The figure of the thousand-armed, thousand-eyed bodhisattva…
Thousand-armed, Thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk

The bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, sits upon a …
Travelling monk, ink and colours on paper

This painting shows a travelling monk, wearing a hat, holdin…
Two standing Avalokiteshvara, ink and colour on silk

The painting shows two almost identical figures of Avalokite…
Vaishravana riding across the waters, a painting on silk

This is one of the best depictions of Vaishravana, Guardian …
Vaishravana with attendants, a woodblock print on paper

This is one of the earliest dated examples of printing. The …
Vajrapani, ink and colours on a silk banner

Although the format of this banner is largely similar to oth…
Vajrapani, ink and colours on a silk banner

Vajrapani is a Buddhist guardian figure, characteristically …
Vajrapani, ink and colours on silk

This painting is an excellent example of the calligraphic pa…
Virupaksha, Guardian of the West, ink and colours on a silk banner

Although the bottom streamers are now kept separately, this …
Water-Moon Guanyin, ink and colours on paper

Guanyin, the Chinese name for Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisat…
Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk

The central figure of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of …
Paradise of Maitreya, ink and colours on silk

The subject of this complex painting can be identified from …
Paradise of Shakyamuni, with illustrations of episodes from the Baoen Sutra, ink and colours on silk

In this Pure Land, or Paradise painting, Shakyamuni , the hi…

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