1928,1022.82
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figure
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Measurement
height 14.7 centimetres, width 8.5 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Figure of a woman holding an infant made of stucco, painted in blue and yellow. Head, feet and most of the upper body have been lost. The figure wears a long dress and a cloak which seems to have slipped off the shoulders. The infant is swaddled and held in the woman's right arm, face turned toward the viewer. The back of the figure is flat and has a large hole in the middle. Traces of blue paint remain.
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Date
undated
Historical information
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Bei.
Stein site number
Hu.015
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Ruined city of Beiting site, north of the town of Jimasa, to the south west of Guchen, near the Tianshan range.
Short description : Beiting - ruined city
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