ID: 700009017 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009017	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Sketches for Sutra of Golden Light (drawing (visual work); unknown Tang dynasty; ca. 9th/10th century; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1919,0101,0.83.2 (Ch.00208.a))

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Sketch for a painting with a group of worshipping kings, princes, and women. The verso is inscribed with a list of sutras.

Titles:

Sketches for Sutra of Golden Light (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Drawing / 圖畫 (C,U,RP,English,U,U,Chinese,U,U)

金光明經變畫稿 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 9th/10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Tang dynasty [preferred]

artists unknown Tang (Tang cultural designation) [500204343]

Locations:

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

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

Repository Numbers: 1919,0101,0.83.2 (Ch.00208.a)

Display Materials: Ink on paper; drawn

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

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	drawing (image-making) [300054196]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <drawing and drawing techniques>)

Dimensions: 30 × 43 cm (11 13⁄16 × 16 15⁄16 in.); Image in mount: 51 x 68.7 cm

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

text

Specific Subjects:

	Sutra of Golden Light [901001398]
	.....((Named sutras, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	kings (people) [300025481]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people), monarchs) (AAT)

	queens (people) [300025483]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people), monarchs) (AAT)

	sketch [300015617]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

Provenance: Collected by Sir Marc Aurel Stein; Acquisition date 1919 Exhibited: 2016 7 May-4 Sep, Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute, Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road

Inscriptions: verso, in Chinese: [List of sutras.]

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

Sources and Contributors:
Sketches for Sutra of Golden Light	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 38
Drawing / 圖畫	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
金光明經變畫稿	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 38
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-)