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Fragment of painting on paper showing feet and lower legs of Lokapāla.
Date
851 to 900
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height 42 centimetres, width 22 centimetres
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Scope and content : Ch. 0037. a–d. Four frs. of paper painting, of which (a) evidently separate small picture, and (b), (c), and (d) parts probably of larger one. (b) shows feet and lower legs of Lokapāla, seated on some kind of cushioned throne; R. leg bent across from knee, L. pendent but also bent slightly inwards. Both clad in black metal-orn. shoes, greaves, and white draperies tied round each leg below knee as in *Ch. 0035, etc. Only colouring, light red and grey, besides black. 6″ × 11″.
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DHMG.
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Ch.0037.b
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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