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20 Yuan 100th Anniversary of finding Dun Huang Grottoes
| Uitgever | People's Republic of China |
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| Jaar | 2000 |
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| Techniek | Milled |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Central field features a finely detailed depiction of a Tang Dynasty Dunhuang Apsara (飞天), shown in graceful flight to the right, rendered in the classical style of Mogao Cave murals. The celestial figure is draped in flowing ribbons and robes that swirl dynamically around the body, and carries an offering tray, evoking the iconographic tradition of Tang-period Buddhist art. Stylized clouds frame the composition in the surrounding field. The inscription 敦煌飞天（唐代）appears at the upper left, identifying the subject as a Tang Dynasty flying Apsara. The denomination 20 is inscribed at the lower right of the field. |
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| Oplage | 2000 - Proof - 11,800 |
| Aanvullende informatie |
The Dunhuang Grottoes — more precisely the Mogao Caves — were not "found" in 2000 but rediscovered in a scholarly sense following the 1900 opening of the sealed Library Cave (Cave 17) by the Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu. That single cache contained tens of thousands of manuscripts and paintings dating back to the 4th century, and its contents were subsequently acquired — critics would say extracted — by Aurel Stein and Paul Pelliot for European institutions before Chinese authorities grasped the full magnitude of the collection.
This commemorative marks the centenary of that 1900 discovery. The 62-gram format places it in the large-format bullion commemorative series China favored heavily through the 1990s and early 2000s for UNESCO-adjacent cultural subjects.