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0143 Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia : vol.1
Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia : vol.1 / Page 143 (Color Image)

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be a snake-like dragon winding through the water, scales of whose body can be

made out in patches surviving on the left of the picture. These are dull pink out-

lined in grey, and are perhaps those of the under side, the upper being green and

looking more like the banks of the stream, but too badly damaged to determine

whether it is dragon or land. In the top left corner can be seen a duck, now dark

brown, rising on outspread wings. Along the lower edge is a band of dark brown

with traces of a Bráhmi inscription in a lighter colour.

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