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Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia : vol.1 | |
中央アジアの古代寺院の壁画 : vol.1 |
at the ankles are the fanciful tops of what appear to be soft leather boots, bound
round the ankle by green straps. The indication of the kneecap is a concession to
convention, disregarding anatomical accuracy.
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Bez. v. Flooring
In several shrines a part of the floor of the cella, usually before the base of
the altar or cult figure, was painted. To protect the surface from destruction
by the abrading action of the bare feet of persons approaching, the surface was
treated with some kind of resistant medium, such as wax or varnish. Such portions
have been erroneously described by some archaeologists as boon fresco. Actually the
painting is tempera.
The fragment here represented is of this kind. Its exact position in the shrine
has, unfortunately, not been recorded.
Badly broken and damaged, probably by the impact of roughly shod infidel feet,
and discoloured by the protective varnish, full recognition of the subject is ren-
dered impossible. It represents a tank of agitated water swirling about various
types of sacred jewels (cíntămaii), of which two, laminated, float buoy-like in the
lower right corner. Above, is the nude infantile figure of a plump boy, vigorously
disporting himself. He seems to plunge forward with right arm outstretched, hold-
ing in his hand a bunch of flowers. His left arm, akimbo, may be grasping an end
of a narrow stole, blown by the breeze into an arching loop above his head. His
features are Mongolian and his head is clean-shaven, save for reserved black tufts
of which two are visible. At his breast he wears a jewelled carcanet.
Bez. iii. Ceiling and friezes
From the corridor at the back of the shrine. The scheme of decoration of the
ceiling consists of a repeating circular rosette of elaborate design, having a pink
lotus at the centre. Complete rosettes occur along the centre line of the ceiling,
and between them, in zigzag order, half-rosettes, one on each side, their diameters
coinciding with the edges of the ceiling. Simple scrolls of Chinese character
cover the background between the circles.
The two friezes, representing festooned drapery and jewels hanging from a
narrow vandyked and pleated border, are from the top of the walls supporting the
ceiling, and resemble those in plates xi' and xx.
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