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Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 7/1

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 7/2

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 7/3

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 7/4

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 204/1

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 204/2

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark IOL Khot 204/3

Item type paper fragment
Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Material ink on wood

Pressmark IOL Khot W 6

Item type woodslip
Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Material ink on wood

Pressmark IOL Khot W 7

Item type woodslip
Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Material ink on wood

Pressmark IOL Khot W 8

Item type woodslip
Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Title Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Material ink on wood

Pressmark IOL Khot W 9

Item type woodslip
Clay figure of a kneeling woman holding a child in her arms. She wears a jacket with wide sleeves and a pleated skirt. Part of her hair is in a topknot held by a bead circlet, the other part is in a ponytail which is looped up to the top of the head and held by two bows. Her eyes are very prominent and the pupils as well as the nostrils and the corners of the mouth are marked by small holes. Other details such as the trimming of the jacket are emphasised by using incised lines. The swaddled infant wears a cap. Traces of red paint are still visible.

Title Clay figure of a kneeling woman holding…

Pressmark MAS.3
Figure (mask). Made of terracotta. According to the register, applique.

Title Figure (mask). Made of terracotta. According to…

Pressmark MAS.9
Fragmentary clay figure of a monkey playing a kind of pan pipes, in China known as paixiao (__/__). The animal is shown as having long hair and wearing a bracelet on the left arm. The figure is flat on the reverse side and damaged so that only the upper body remains. It was made using red clay and covered with a light grey slip. The fingerprints of the artists can still be seen on the reverse side.

Title Fragmentary clay figure of a monkey playing…

Pressmark MAS.17
Fragment of a clay figurine showing a monkey holding a large object, maybe a flower. The lower body is missing, details such as the eyes and fur were rendered using incised lines.

Title Fragment of a clay figurine showing a…

Pressmark MAS.20
Clay figurine of a sitting monkey. The animal is shown sitting on a small circular object. Both arms and the legs below the thighs are missing.

Title Clay figurine of a sitting monkey. The…

Pressmark MAS.21
Fragmentary clay figure of a man. Only head and face of the man remain. His hair is brushed upward from the forehead and parted in the middle and he has a moustache. Details such as the strands of hair were rendered using incised lines.

Title Fragmentary clay figure of a man. Only…

Material clay

Pressmark MAS.29
Fragmentary clay figure of a woman. Only the head and upper body remain, both arms are missing. The hair of the woman is brushed upward from the forehead and parted in the middle. Her eyes are half-closed and the cheekbones are marked by small incised dots. The figure is damaged and the back of head and body are missing. For an almost identical object see MAS.30.

Title Fragmentary clay figure of a woman. Only…

Pressmark MAS.31
Fragmentary clay figure of a woman. Head and upper body remain, the arms are missing. She is shown with an elaborate hairstyle consisting of a short fringe, a knot on top of her head and a ponytail falling on her back. She seems to wear a necklace or a stole. Details such as the strands of hair were rendered using incised lines.

Title Fragmentary clay figure of a woman. Head…

Pressmark MAS.35
Clay figure of a swaddled monkey. The monkey is shown wrapped in swaddling bands and lying in a low cradle.

Title Clay figure of a swaddled monkey. The…

Pressmark MAS.36
Fragment of a clay vessel. This is an appliquŽ in the shape of a lion's head shown in full frontal view. Details such as eyes, ears and fur were rendered using incised lines.

Title Fragment of a clay vessel. This is…

Pressmark MAS.42
Figuratively decorated handle of a clay vessel. The handle was moulded in the shape of a griffin, here depicted as an animal with the body of a horse, wings and the head of a bird of prey. The head of the animal forms an extension of the handle, details such as the mane or the plumage of the wings were rendered using incised dashes and lines. For similar objects see MAS.71 and MAS.183.

Title Figuratively decorated handle of a clay vessel.…

Pressmark MAS.45
Fragmentary clay figure of a bird. Only the head of the bird with a long beak and a crest of feathers remains. Details are rendered using incised lines.

Title Fragmentary clay figure of a bird. Only…

Pressmark MAS.48
Fragment of a clay vessel with an appliquŽ decoration. The appliquŽ plaque shows the head and upper body of a gandharva. Gandharvas are male nature spirits said to have superb musical skills. The one depicted here holds a garland and wears large round earrings, bracelets and a necklace. The upper body is naked, the hair in a topknot. The plaque was applied to a wheel-thrown vessel decorated with deeply incised lines.

Title Fragment of a clay vessel with an…

Pressmark MAS.49

Item type vessel

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