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Stucco relief fragment.
Date
500 to 599
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Measurement
height 9.8 centimetres, width 7.8 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : D. I. 69. Stucco relief fragment; seated Bodhisattva. White chunam, coloured. Replica of D. I. 94, but colours: hair black, robe brown, seat pink, inner part of vesica pink, outer ray emerald green. The whole appears to have been on background of indigo. Point of vesica broken. Extreme height 3⅝", width 3". [AK]
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Find site identifier
DanU.
Stein site number
D.I.69
Find site description
Situated between the Khotan and Keriya rivers, and approximately 50 miles north of Domoko which is on the southern arm of the Silk Road.
Excavation history : Stein excavated here between 19 Dec. 1900 and 3 Jan. 1901 (see Stein 1907: 237-303).
Short description : Dandanuiliq: between the Khotan and Keriya rivers
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