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Description
English: Jataka about the benevolent prince-turtle
Date
5th century
date QS:P571,+450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
or 6th century
date QS:P571,+550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium
English: Loess, straw, glue-based pigments painted on dry plaster
Dimensions
height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 22 cm (8.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,22U174728
Collection
Hermitage Museum
Native name
Государственный Эрмитаж
Location
Saint Petersburg
Coordinates
59° 56′ 26″ N, 30° 18′ 49″ E
Established
1764
Website
hermitagemuseum.org
Authority file
: Q132783
VIAF: 128956287
ISNI: 000000041800742X
LCCN: n79100241
NLA: 35139924
OSM: 8092294
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q132783
Current location
Oriental Art
Accession number
ВД-628
Place of discovery
Cave of the Musicians (No. 38), Kizil, Kucha
Object history
acquired by third German Turfan expedition, led by Albert Grünwedel (1905–1907)
collection of Ethnological Museum, Berlin, until 1945
References
Elikhina, Julia (2013). "The Renovated Central Asia Exhibit in the State Hermitage Museum". The Silk Road11: 154–171. p. 157, fig. 7.
Source/Photographer
photo taken by Sgnpkd in St Petersburg 2015-06-09
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