print; 印刷品 (Chinese)

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print; 印刷品(Chinese)

Object Type: print; 印刷品 (Chinese)
Museum number: 1919,0101,0.236
Description: Woodblock print in the shangtu xiawen format (illustration above, text below). The top part shows the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī seated on a lion with attendants, flanked by two inscribed cartouches, one on the right identifying him and one on the left with a dedication. The bottom part contains a prayer. Printed in ink on paper.
Production date: 926-975 (circa)
Production place: Printed in: Dunhuang
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Cave 17, Ch.00151.d (from Cave 17 at Ch’ien Fo Tung (pinyin: Qian Fo Dong)); Excavated/Findspot: 第17窟 (Chinese)
Materials: paper; 紙 (Chinese)
Technique: woodblock; 木版 (Chinese)
Dimensions: Height: 26.10 centimetres; Width: 16.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (6); Stein 1921a / Serindia: detailed report of archaeological explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China (p.968); Whitfield 1983 / Paintings from Dunhuang (fig.143)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bodhisattva; mammal; 菩薩 (Chinese); 哺乳動物 (Chinese); 隨侍 (Chinese); attendant
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1919
Acquisition notes: For full acquisition history, see 1919,0101,0.1.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1919,0101,0.236
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: B.6; Miscellaneous number: Ch.00151.d (Stein no.)

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