É. Apor , H. Wang (ed.): Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Comp. by John Falconer, Ágnes Kárteszi, Ágnes Kelecsényi, Lilla Russell-Smith.
FALCONER John and RUSSELL-SMITH Lilla - Photographs
JOHN FALCONER - LILLA RUSSELL-SMITH The photographs are laid on to decorative card mounts with photographer's name and descriptive letterpress captions in Russian (here freely translated). The prints were presumably acquired by Stein on his way back to Europe via Samarkand at the conclusion of his I s' Central Asian Expedition of 1900-1901. 1. No. 26. Shir-dah Madrassa, Samarkand. 2. No. 27. Madrassa and Tilla-kari Mosque, Samarkand. 3. No. 58. Ishrat Khani Mausoleum, Samarkand. Stein Photo 2/3 Gilgit inscriptions and unidentified museum objects, C.1900S Four gelatin silver prints in original packaging with title in blue pencil in Stein's hand reading, 'Photographs of the Gilgit inscriptions'. Only two of these prints appear to show the two parts of the Gilgit inscription mentioned on the envelope. 1-2. Two prints measuring 21x15 cm of Gilgit inscription. 3. Cropped section of photograph, measuring 7.7x21.3 cm, of an inscription from Central Asia. 4. Unidentified museum objects from (?)India, apparently part of a different series. Stein Photo 2/4 Dunhuang paintings, now in the British Museum Nine gelatin silver prints of paintings from Dunhuang, now mostly in the Department of Oriental Antiquities of The British Museum, London. The original wrapping paper is inscribed in Stein's hand: 'Photos of 1000 Buddhas paintings from negatives sent to M. Chavannes (now at the Musée Guimet).' All except print 8 are reproduced in Roderick Whitfield, The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum (3 vols, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1982-1985), here cited as ACA, followed by volume and plate number. British Museum accession numbers are also noted where identified. 1. Bhaishajyaguru Vaiduryaprabha Buddha. Five Dynasties, early 10 , h century CE. Ink and colours on silk, 27.5x55.5 cm. British Museum OA 1919, 0101, 0.27. ACA 2/ fig. 20 2. Paradise of Maitreya. Late Tang or early Five Dynasties, late 9' h-early 10 ,h centuries CE. Ink and colours on silk, 138.7x116 cm. British Museum OA 1919, 0101, 0.11. ACA 2/12. 3. Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru with illustrations of episodes from the Bhaishajyaguru-vaiduryaprahha-sutra. Tang Dynasty, 9 , h century CE. Ink and colours on silk, 206x166.7 cm. British Museum, OA 1919, 0101,0.36. ACA 1/9. 4. Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Northern Song Dynasty, late 10' h century CE. Ink and colours on silk, 97x74.3 cm. British Museum OA 1919, 0101, 0.63. ACA 2/29. 164
