ID: 700008990 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008990	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Farewell, Cutting of Locks, Life of Austerities (painting (visual work); unknown Tang dynasty; ca. 8th/9th century; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1919,0101,0.97 (ch.iv.0012))

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Painted banner showing three scenes from the Life of the Buddha, set in a beautifully detailed landscape. The episodes illustrate Śākyamuni's farewell to his groom, Chandaka, and his horse, Kanthaka; the shaving of Śākyamuni's head; and his life of austerities. Blank cartouches on alternate sides of the scenes. This banner, almost perfectly preserved in spite of the fact that all its accessories are lost, is the pair to a banner in New Delhi, showing the Great Departure and King Suddhodana’s subsequent examination of the women and gaolers.

Titles:

Farewell, Cutting of Locks, Life of Austerities (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Representation of: Buddha (Śākyamuni/Gotama/Shaka) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

佛本生故事：出離、斷捨離、苦行 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Painting / Banner / 繪畫 / 幡 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

banner (declaratory artifact) [300195679]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by function>, <declaratory and advertising artifacts>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 8th/9th century

Creator Display:

unknown Tang dynasty [preferred]

artists unknown Tang (Tang cultural designation) [500204343]

Locations:

Current: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125180] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1919,0101,0.97 (ch.iv.0012)

Credit Line: Collected by: Sir Marc Aurel Stein; Acquisition date 1919

Other: Discovery: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Ink and colours on silk

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	colors (hues or tints) [300080438]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name))

	silk (silkworm material) [300014072]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, fibroinous material)

Dimensions: painted image: 58.5 x 18.5 centimetres; painting in mount: 76.3 x 35.5 centimetres

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Tang (Chinese culture, style, period) [300018420] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Buddha [901000851]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Śakyamuni Buddha (Asian philosopher, founder of Buddhism, ca. 560-ca. 480 BCE) [500372531]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Śākyamuni's farewell to his groom, Chandaka, and his horse, Kanthaka [901001365]
	.....((Life of Sakyamuni Buddha, Buddhist narratives, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Śākyamuni's farewell to his groom, Chandaka, and his horse, Kanthaka [901001365]
	.....((Life of Sakyamuni Buddha, Buddhist narratives, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Śākyamuni's Severe Austerities [901001367]
	.....((Life of Sakyamuni Buddha, Buddhist narratives, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Copyright: © The Trustees of the British Museum

Provenance: Exhibited: 2007 8 Feb-5 Aug, BM Gallery 91, 'Gods, Guardians and Immortals: Chinese Religious Paintings' 2016 7 May-4 Sep, Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute, Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Sources and Contributors:
Farewell, Cutting of Locks, Life of Austerities	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 13
Representation of: Buddha (Śākyamuni/Gotama/Shaka)	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
佛本生故事：出離、斷捨離、苦行	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
Painting / Banner / 繪畫 / 幡	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 13

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-)
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 13