1928,1022.26

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 01, 025, 031–3. Clay relief plaques, unbaked. Seated Buddha figure, eyes closed, hands in lap covered by under robe; feet covered. Draped Āsana, pink and purple with light green border. Figure is seated in a trefoil niche closely resembling the Kashmīr trefoil arch, but probably derived from combination of vesica and nimbus. Upper robe is drawn over head like a nun’s veil, and falls in straight folds on each side of face to breast. <i>031</i>. Flesh discoloured, white, pink and purple. Upper robe purple (very abraded) edged with gold, and decorated with groups of three Chinese chars. (?) in green, pink and blue placed on shoulders, elbows, knees, midway between knees (feet?) and stomach. Āsana, green, red and dark blue. Lower R. corner broken away. [IA]