Description (Inscription)
Inscribed on the side of the wooden baton in black ink, '56' [encircled] and 'P.O. 56' in pencil. With 'dedication to Amida Buddha in Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu & Tibetan'.
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Labels & Markings)
Fourth inscription on object:
“China Ming 11th Year 1808”
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Labels & Markings)
Third inscription on object:
“Dedications to Amida Buddha. Chinese, Manchu, Mongol. Tibetan.
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Labels & Markings)
Second inscription on object:
“P.O. 56”
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Labels & Markings)
First inscription on object:
“56”
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Labels & Markings)
Museum label: Manuscript in black ink:
“Roll of dedications to Amida Buddha, with the same text repeated in Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu & Tibetan.”
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (CMS Context)
Found unlabelled in a box with three other unnumbered scrolls. The old box list noted there were 11 scrolls in total which required conservation before unrolling but there were 13, of which 10 were actually numbered Z 36797 A-J
Event Date 29/7/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Paper scroll with green cotton fabric on ends of wooden batons. According to the handwritten old exhibition label from c.1930s, based on the handwritten inscription, it is a 'roll of dedications to Amida Buddha in Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu & Tibetan'.

Event Date 29/7/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Zilan Wang notes that the Han Chinese script (the first section of the scroll) states: 'Jiaqing [period of reign] 11, 15th of the 6th month of the Chinese lunar calendar [Wednesday 30 July 1806]. The Emperor asks the Lama painter who works for the Zhong Zheng Dian temple in the Forbidden City to worship through painting [i.e. to paint] the image of Wu Liang Shou Fo [Amida Buddha]. This Buddha has different names in Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian.'
Event Date 27/4/2017
Author: Remke Velden