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wall painting

1919,0101,0.275

ink and colours on plaster

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Title

Fragment of wall-painting.

Find site

Khadalik

Measurement

height 11.5 centimetres, width 10 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

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]

Institution

British Museum

Date

undated

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Kha.

Stein site number

Kha.i.E.0065

Find site description

Site near Domoko on Southern Taklamakan

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