Getty to Show in LA Exact Replicas of 3 Dunhuang Caves

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Mike Boehm, Getty to Show Exact Replicas of Art-Filled Buddhist Caves in China. Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2015.
www.latimes.com/entertainment/ar ... 20150713-story.html

Quote:

"The Getty Trust fleshed out details of its [May 7 to Sept 4,] 2016 exhibition 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road,' which will include complete, exact, walk-in replicas of three decorated caves that artists adorned with Buddhist-themed murals over 1,000 years starting in the 4th century.  The caves are among 492 known as the Mogao Grottoes, dug into a mile-long cliff face about 1,200 miles west of Beijing.

"The Dunhuang Academy and Dunhuang Foundation, which are responsible for the caves, have created replicas over the years * * * The replicas tour extensively in China and have been seen elsewhere in Asia but have never been seen before in the United States"

"The star attraction figures [in the exhibition] to be the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist religious scroll with drawings that’s more than 15 feet long. Dating from 868, the work from the British Library’s collection is said to be the world’s oldest complete printed book.

Note:
(a)
(i) Dunhuang Research Academy (DHRA; 敦煌研究院; a China's government institute)
(ii) Dunhuang Foundation 敦煌基金会 (an American NGO based in Manhattan)

(b) Diamond Sutra. In International Dunhuang Project. British Library, undated (No: "Or.8210/P.2 Recto")
http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_scr ... 18824;index=1;img=1
("Materials: woodblock print, ink on paper[;] Size (h x w) cm:        27.6 x 499.5")
(i) One can move the dark green horizontal bar (located just beneath the image of the scroll), then click the mage of the scroll where you want to enlarge. You will see the enlargement under the dark green bar.
(ii) International Dunhuang Project  國際敦煌項目
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Dunhuang_Project
(The project was established by the British Library in 1994; based in British Library at London)
(iii) The same Diamond Sutra (detail).
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html
("Cave 17")
(iv) Diamond Sutra  金剛經
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Sutra