Colour Plates of Buddhist Paintings

15 colour plates, from an unspecified source, lightly adhered in a bespoke binding, with captions as follows:

(1) Paintings in tempera from dado of shrine, M. III., Miran. Scale ¼.

2. Paintings in tempera, M. III. 003, from wall of shrine M. III., Miran. Scale ¼.

3. Silk painting, Ch. liii. 002, representing Buddhist heaven, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 1/6.

4. Silk painting, Ch. lii. 003, representing Buddhist heaven, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 1/8.

5. Silk painting, Ch. lvi. 0019, representing Avalokitesvara (Kuan-yin) with attendant divinities, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 1/8.

6. Silk painting, Ch. xxviii. 006, representing Avalokitesvara (Kuan-yin) with attendant divinities, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 1/6.

7. Silk paintings, representing Bodhisattva, and Buddha with planetary divinities, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale ¼.

8. Silk painting, Ch. 0018, representing Lokapala Vaisravana, with attendant genii anmd demons, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 2/3.

9. Silk banners representing legendary scenes from Gautama Buddha's life, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang.

10. Silk banners representing Bodhisattvas, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang.

11. Silk banners representing Lokapaias, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 1/3.

12. Embroidered hanging in silk, Ch. 00260, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 1/10.

13. Specimens of embroideries and figured silk fabrics, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang.

14. Portions of patch-work, Ch. lv. 0028, made of fragments of embroideries and figured silks, from "Thousand Buddhas," Tun-huang. Scale 3/5.

15. Painted panel and paintings in tempera from Shikchin site, Karashahr.