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banner
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painting
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幡
(Chinese)
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繪畫
(Chinese)
Object Type
banner
painting
幡
(Chinese)
繪畫
(Chinese)
Museum number
1919,0101,0.152
Description
Standing figure of Avalokiteśvara. An identical mirror image is shown on the reverse. Banner complete with triangular headpiece and streamers. Painted in ink and colours on hemp.
Cultures/periods
Tang dynasty
(late)
Five Dynasties
(early)
唐代
(Chinese)
五代
(Chinese)
Production date
851-950
(circa)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Sir Marc Aurel Stein
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Cave 17
, Ch.liv.008 (from bundle Ch.liv at Cave 17 at Ch’ien Fo Tung (pinyin: Qian Fo Dong))
Excavated/Findspot:
第17窟
(Chinese)
Materials
hemp
麻
(Chinese)
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
106.50 centimetres
Width:
17.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Stein 1921a / Serindia: detailed report of archaeological explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China
(p.1060; vol.IV, pl.LXXXVIII)
Whitfield 1983 / Paintings from Dunhuang
(figs. 66-67)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bodhisattva
菩薩
(Chinese)
Associated names
Representation of:
Avalokiteśvara/Guanyin/Kannon
Acquisition date
1919
Acquisition notes
For full acquisition history, see 1919,0101,0.1.
Department
Asia
Registration number
1919,0101,0.152
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
Ch.liv.008
(Stein no.)
Conservation
Treatment
: 21 Aug 2005