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an old painting with two people standing next to each other

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Uyghur Princesses. Bezeklik, Cave 9, 9-12th century CE, wall painting, 66 x 57 cm. Located at the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem. The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan (Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the Flaming Mountains, China.

an old painting with people and boats on it

Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha (from Mogao Cave 323, Dunhuang, Gansu province) | Harvard Art Museums

Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha (Mural fragment from Mogao Cave 323, Dunhuang, Gansu province) | Harvard Art Museums

an old painting with some people and animals on it's side, in the style of cave paintings

Mogao Caves

Mogao Caves The group of caves at Mogao represents a unique artistic achievement as much by the organization of space into cells and temples built on five levels as by the production of more than 2000 sculptures carved out of the rock walls, then covered with clay and painted, and the approximately 45,000 m2 of murals, among which are many masterpieces of Chinese art.

four pieces of art that are made out of wood and fabric with different designs on them

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Collaged Flowers, Tang Dynasty (9th-10th c. AD), "retrieved" from Cave 17, Mogao, near Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China by Sir Auriel Stein

an artistic painting with people and animals on it

Lotus Sutra

Ancient Israelites

Very Important Person

Freehand Painting

"Herb Parable" in Illustration on the Lotus Sutra (Partial View). Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, China.

several pieces of paper with flowers on them

Victoria And Albert Museum

Colored Paper

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These paper flowers are of coloured paper resting on a square of fabric. They were recovered from Cave 17 of the Mogao Grottoes. This shrine site is one of China’s great Buddhist pilgrimage complexes and is situated near the oasis town of Dunhuang. Date:7th-10th century

an old painting with horses and people on it's side, in the middle of a wall

Dunhuang Mogao Cave Art

Cave painting from Mogao, China, showing the daughter of the King of Khotan, who married Cao Yanlu, in all her finery.

an old wall painting with three women dressed in ethnic garb and holding vases

Dunhuang Murals

Most Beautiful Paintings

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an artistic painting on the side of a building with birds and other things in it

Tibetan Clouds Patterns

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

The Mogao Caves or Mogao Grottoes , also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas , form a system of 492 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves may also be known as the Dunhuang Caves, however, this term also include other Buddhist cave sites in the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, and the Yulin Caves farther away.