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Mould for casting seated Buddha, pair of curls and locks of hair.
Date
500 to 699
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Measurement
height 33 centimetres, width 15.5 centimetres
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Subject
Description
Scope and content : Mi. iv. 001. Mould in plaster of Paris for casting seated Buddha (3½″ × 2⅛″ × ⅞″), pair of curls (like beard of Mi. xi. 00107), each 2″ × 1″ × ½″, and pair of zigzag locks of hair. Here broken across, so that of latter only end of one and two curves of the other preserved (2¾″ × ⅞″ × ½″). All details of Buddha’s head left for future treatment. Transverse hole through rounded end. 12½″ × 6″ × 1¼″. Pl. CXXXVII.
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Find site identifier
Min.
Stein site number
Mi.iv.001
Find site description
Site near Shorchuk, Karashahr, 20-30 miles east of Lake Baghrash on the northern arm of the Silk Road. It is called 'Ming-oi' meaning the 'Thousand Houses' and consists of an extensive collection of Buddhist shrines. Stein excavated there on his second expedition to Chinese Central Asia. Hedin and Grünwedel had excavated there previously.
Short description : Buddhist Caves north of Korla
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