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drawing
;
圖畫
(Chinese)
Object Type
drawing
圖畫
(Chinese)
Museum number
1907,1111.136
Description
Drawing of a camel shown in profile suckling her calf. Ink and colour on paper.
Cultures/periods
Tang dynasty
唐代
Production date
7thC-8thC
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Sir Marc Aurel Stein
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Endere
, E.i.19.a (manuscript excavated in temple E.i at Endere site, February 1901)
Excavated/Findspot:
安迪爾
Materials
paper
紙
(Chinese)
Technique
drawn
手繪的
(Chinese)
Dimensions
Height:
11 centimetres
Width:
14 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Stein 1907 / Ancient Khotan: detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan
(p.438; vol.II, pl.LXXIX)
Whitfield 1985 / Textiles, Sculpture and Other Arts
(pl.58)
Baumer 2000 / Southern Silk Road. In the Footsteps of Sir Aurel Stein and Sven Hedin
(fig.109)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
camel
Acquisition date
1907
Acquisition notes
The 1907-11-11 group refers to objects from Stein's First Central Asian Expedition, 1900-01. According to Stein's Introduction to 'Ancient Khotan' (1907), the expedition was funded by the Governments of India, the Panjab (Punjab) and from provincial funds of Bengal. All the finds were shipped to London for sorting, research and publication. The Government of India then recommended that Dr Rudolf Hoernle, together with the British Museum, should determine the distribution of the finds (BM Archives, Stein Papers, CE32/23/5).
Department
Asia
Registration number
1907,1111.136
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
E.i.19.a
(Stein no.)