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Fragment of wall-painting.
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height 11.5 centimetres, width 10 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Kha. i. E. 0065. Fresco fr. containing head of Buddha, front. Eyes downcast, rather slanting. Flesh colour very pale pink covered by thin wash of umber, leaving only as high-lights upper eyelids, nose, cheek-bones, lips, chin, portions of ears and lines round neck. Hair blue, with white taenia round Uṣṇīṣa tied in knot on each side, with hanging ends at back. Halo, oval, buff, pale umber, and grey blue. All outlines black. Execution firm and good. Abraded. 4¼″ × 3″. [Ser]
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Date
undated
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Kha.
Stein site number
Kha.i.E.0065
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Site near Domoko on Southern Taklamakan
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