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wall painting

1919,0101,0.266.g

ink and colours on plaster

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Title

wall-painting;calligraphy

Find site

Khadalik

Measurement

depth 1 centimetres, height 9 centimetres, width 7.5 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Fragment of wall-painting with calligraphy. Three sections of the original decoration can be discerned on this very small fragment. One is bright red, the next one is a narrow yellow band with a Brahmi (?) inscription in black. The largest section shows fragments of trumpet-shaped flowers in red and bright green on a dark red background. Painted on stucco.

Institution

British Museum

Date

undated

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Kha.

Stein site number

Kha.i.0074

Find site description

Site near Domoko on Southern Taklamakan

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