Overview
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Wooden altar table.
Date
399
Find site
Measurement
depth 45 centimetres, height 60 centimetres, width 67.8 centimetres
Material
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Description
Scope and content : N. vii. 4. Wooden chair. Carved frame of lower part of chair, four legged. The legs are held together by four broad carved panels, which are tenoned into them, and dowelled. In addition to these there is a rough rail at each end between the end pairs of legs, also dowelled. At top of each leg stands a tenon (chule) upon which probably knobs or raised sides were fixed. Carving rough, nothing centred or measured, and there is much repetition in the elements composing designs. The most frequent feature is a four-petalled flower, the form of which closely resembles the large purple clematis. Generally sepals are shown between petals. Frequently, superposed upon first petals, a second whorl of smaller ones, and sometimes a third. The legs are 23" high; width at front 4", side 2⅛".
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Find site identifier
Niya
Stein site number
N.vii.4
Find site description
The Niya archaeological site is approximately 50 miles north of modern Niya/Minfeng on the southern arm of the old Silk Road.
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