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English: Sichuan brocade textile fragment from Loulan Kingdom, Chinese Turkestan, referred to in Chinese as Yongchang Brocade (
永昌錦
, lit. 'Eternal Prosperity Brocade'). Source: Artifacts made in Sichuan uncovered along the Silk Road (in simplified Chinese). Similar motif: File:Sichuan Ancient Cultural Relics 07.jpg, File:Rider detail, Alchi Monastery.jpg, and File:Royal drinking scene at the entrance of Dukhan of the Alchi Monastery (detail), circa 1200 CE.jpg (File:Royal drinking scene in the Dukhang at Alchi Monastery, circa 1200 CE.jpg).
Date 1st century
date QS:P,+050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
– 3rd century
date QS:P,+250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Marylin M. Rhie, Early Buddhist Art of China an Central Asia. Volume 1 (Handbuch der Orientalistik IV, 12) Leiden, Boston, Köln 1999
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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