ID: 700009022 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009022	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Vajrapāṇi (banner; unknown Tang dynasty; ca. 851/900; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1919,0101,0.134 (Ch.004))

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Well-preserved so-called banner painting from Dunhuang; has survived almost complete, with headpieces, side and tail streamers and weighting boards; the transmedia spatial play in the layering of physical textile, painted textile, and atmospheric phenomena is characteristic of Dunhuang painting during the Tang period. The work utilizes a broad range of colors, arrayed so as to maximize the painting’s overall vibrancy.

Titles:

Vajrapāṇi (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

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

Vajrapāṇi Banner (C,U,English,U,U)

金剛手菩薩掛旗 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

banner (declaratory artifact) [300195679] (preferred)

..... (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>)

painting (visual work) [300033618]

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 851/900

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: 1919,0101,0.134 (Ch.004)

Display Materials: Ink and pigments on silk; painted

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

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

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

	painting (image-making) [300054216]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>)

Dimensions: 187.5 × 18.6 cm (73 13⁄16 × 7 1⁄4 in.); Including hanging attachment: 196 x 28 x 1 cm

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Tang (Chinese culture, style, period) [300018420] (preferred,dynasty)
	.....(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:

	Vajrapani [901001387]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	lotus (plant, general) [300375570]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division)) (AAT)

	vajra [300404690]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, ceremonial weapons) (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

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:
Vajrapāṇi	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 43
Painting / Banner / 繪畫 / 幡	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
Vajrapāṇi Banner	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
金剛手菩薩掛旗	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 43

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 43
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-)