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rise sharply from a frowning fold above the nose, giving a rather irascible expres-

sion, to which the nervous, fleshy wing of the well-shaped nose contributes. The

full moustache and forked beard seem to combine, and from them long strands

are carried up the sides of the face, over the ears, to meet the hair falling behind

the shoulders—a habit observed among modern Sikhs. A large gold ring with a

group of coloured beads hangs from the exaggerated hole in the lobe of the ear.

The costume, down to the hips, seeming inappropriate to a man with this type

of face, resembles the effeminate fashion of the standing devatá or Bodhisattva in

plate xlv. But below the hips, and just above the knees, there seem to be the legs

of red-brown caleçons, with green borders; and on the calves are the curious, abbre-

viated fur gaiters such as are worn by the troop of Khotanese (?) musicians and the

diminutive donor in plate xxvii, who also wear caleçons. Then, at the ankles, the

effeminate reasserts itself in coquettish anklets.

Next, above, is a monk with folded hands. His short-cropped hair is pale grey-

brown. He wears the usual red-brown robe, green bordered, and a yellow stole

over his left shoulder. His nimbus is red.

At the top is an elderly man, of the sádhu type, with large eyes and nose, heavy

brows, bushy eyebrows, large, fierce moustache, and ample beard. Bald on the top,

his grey hair at the sides is strained back and tied in a knob at the back of the head.

He has pale-grey eyes. In his right hand he holds a tazza at his breast. The bare

left arm, on which the anatomical structure is strongly and inaccurately indicated,

is raised high as he seems to signal with his fingers the points of the discourse

presumably being delivered by the (missing) Buddha. Round his neck is a necklet

of grey and gold sections, hung with green and grey beads; at his ears are the usual

elaborate ornaments. The corners of a brown cape with green lining are tied in a

bow at his chest. His nimbus is green, surrounded by red and yellow.

On the narrow borders of the vertical floral band, and on other parts of the

picture, are inscriptions in cursive Uigur. The general background, faded to green-

grey, is powdered in suitable places with falling flowers and leaves.

Bez. iv. D

This fragment from the north-east corner of the ambulatory is part of a standing

Vajrapáni and although very ignorantly drawn gives some interesting details of

costume. Standing with shoulders thrown over slightly to the left, he seems to look

upward, to the right. The arm, bent towards the front, thumb and forefinger of the

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