Period:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Production date:10thC
Materials:paper, 紙 (Chinese),
Technique:painted
Subjects:bodhisattva hell 菩薩 (Chinese) 地獄 (Chinese) 國王/王后 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 30 centimetres Width: 56 centimetres
Description:
Fragment of a painted frontispiece, inscribed with the beginning of the apocryphal Ten Kings of Hell Sutra, showing a six-armed Avalokiteśvara, holding the sun (lost) and moon, and Kṣitigarbha, hooded and wearing a patched robe, flanked by the Ten Kings (several missing). Another fragment from the same frontispiece (OA 1919,0101,0.213) shows a donor figure holding a scroll. Ink and colour on paper.
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![图片[1]-painting; 繪畫(Chinese) BM-1919-0101-0.78-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms/Paintings/mid_00000023_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-painting; 繪畫(Chinese) BM-1919-0101-0.78-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms/Paintings/mid_RFC686.jpg)
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Materials:paper, 紙 (Chinese),
Technique:painted
Subjects:bodhisattva hell 菩薩 (Chinese) 地獄 (Chinese) 國王/王后 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 30 centimetres Width: 56 centimetres
Description:
Fragment of a painted frontispiece, inscribed with the beginning of the apocryphal Ten Kings of Hell Sutra, showing a six-armed Avalokiteśvara, holding the sun (lost) and moon, and Kṣitigarbha, hooded and wearing a patched robe, flanked by the Ten Kings (several missing). Another fragment from the same frontispiece (OA 1919,0101,0.213) shows a donor figure holding a scroll. Ink and colour on paper.
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