THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS

ANCIENT BUDDHIST PAINTINGS FROM THE CAVE-TEMPLES OF TUN-HUANG ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF CHINA

RECOVERED AND DESCRIBED BY

AUREL STEIN, K.C.I.E.

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY

LAURENCE BINYON

PUBLISHED UNDER THE ORDERS OF H.M. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

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LONDON BERNARD QUARITCH, Ltd.

1921

PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS BY FREDERICK HALL

TO THE MEMORY OF RAPHAEL PETRUCCI TO WHOSE DEVOTION TO FAR-EASTERN ART THE STUDY OF THESE PAINTINGS OWES MOST THIS ALBUM WHICH HE HAD HELPED TO PLAN IS DEDICATED IN ADMIRATION, AFFECTION, AND SORROW