China: 'Guanyin of the Water Moon', Northern Song Dynasty painted silk scroll, Dunhuang, 968 CE

Dating from 968 A.D., the Buddhist painting depicts the bodhisattva of compassion and was among the first recovered from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang (present-day Gansu Province) in the early 20th century.

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SILK ROAD