print;
印刷品(Chinese)
- Museum number
- 1919,0101,0.237
- Description
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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
- 10thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 27.90 centimetres
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Width: 16.80 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Zwalf 1985
Two slightly different versions of this print attest its popularity at Dunhuang. Both show Mañjuśrī on his lion mount, attended by a lion tamer of marked Western appearance and worshipped by a small boy. The inscription calls him Mañjuśrī from Wutai shan, the mountain in Shanxi province where, as the future Buddha, he would make his earthly abode. The oldest wooden temple buildings in China, built in AD 782 and 897, still stand there.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017-2018 Nov 8-June, London, BM, G33, rotation
2021-2022 17 Dec-5 June, London, BM, G33, rotation
- Acquisition date
- 1919
- Acquisition notes
- For full acquisition history, see 1919,0101,0.1.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1919,0101,0.237
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: B.7
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Miscellaneous number: Ch.00151.b (Stein no.)
