New Delhi : Aurel Stein Collection :: Dunhuang

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Caravan scene
Dunhuang. 10th c. CE. Painting on paper.
Ch.00388
Cf.: Whitfield and Farrer, no. 61, p. 81, dated late 9th c. CE. Arguably the Delhi manuscript is the continuation of the same painting.
Vaisravana
Dunhuang. 890 CE. A page from a manuscript of the Prajnaparamita-hridaya Sutra.
Ch.xviii.002
1000-armed Avalokitesvara
Dunhuang. 8th-9th c. CE. Painting on paper.
Ch.00394a
Cf.: Whitfield and Farrer, no. 66, p. 86, a very similar image (Ch.00386) which they date mid-10th c. CE; they note the existence of two more in the Pelliot Collection of the Musée Guimet.


Monk seated in dhayana-sana
Dunhuang. 8th-9th c. CE. This is one of several such reliefs in from Dunhuang in the Delhi collection.
Ch.01

and

Monk seated in paryan-kasana holding a scroll
Dunhuang. 7th-10th c. CE.
Ch.023
Avalokitesvara
Dunhuang. 8th-9th c. CE. Painting on silk.
Ch.lxiv.002


A Bodhisattva
Dunhuang. 8th-9th c. CE. Painting on paper.
Ch.lvi.0027

and

A Bodhisattva seated on a lotus and wearing mukuta with five Dhyani Buddhas
Dunhuang. 8th-9th c. CE. Painting on paper.
Ch.lvi.0028
A Buddha and devotee
Dunhuang. 8th-9th c. CE. Painting on paper.
Ch.00378
Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara (detail) Dunhuang. 9th-10th c. CE. Painting on paper. Ch.00184
Avalokitesvara
Dunhuang. 9th-10th c. CE. Painting on ramie. Detail from a full-length image.
Ch.0052
Avalokitesvara (detail)
Dunhuang. 9th c. CE. Painting on silk.
Ch.xlvi.0014
Cf.: Whitfield and Farrer, no. 18, p. 45, an image of Manjusri dated late 9th or early 10th c. CE.
Avalokitesvara (detail)
Dunhuang. 9th-10th c. CE. Painting on silk.
Ch.0011
Cf.: Whitfield and Farrer, no. 39, p. 65, a late 9th c. Bodhisattva painting.
The Paradise of Bhaisajyaguru (detail)
Dunhuang. 10th c. CE. Painting on silk.
Ch.lii.002


Donor images (details)
From a banner painting of the Buddha in Vatarkamudra
Dunhuang. 949 CE. Painting on silk.
Ch.xlvi.008

and

From a banner painting of Amitabha in Vitarkamudra
Dunhuang. 9th-10th c. CE. Painting on silk.
Ch.xx.003
1000 buddhas (detail) with devotees
Dunhuang. 9th-10th c. CE. Embroidered silk.
Ch.00100