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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

of white priming on face. Rotted behind. Length 7½″,
width 1¾″, return (broken off) gr. m. ¾″. Pl. XXI.

**M. xiv. 010. Fr. of wooden relief carving,** prob-
ably belonging to same object as M. xiv. 07–9. Consists chiefly
of plain return edge, with fr. only of carved face showing
bit of curved band of nail-head orn. within plain curved
moulding. Priming in front ; rotted behind, as preceding.
Length 2¾″, width ¾″, return ¾″.

**M. xv. 01–12. Twelve frs. of human bone.** *01*, complete,
prob. tarsal, 1¾″×1¾″×¾″ ; *03*, prob. head of radius.
Length ¾″, gr. diam. ¾″. Remainder, frs. of shafts of
long bones ; 03 joining 012, and 06 joining 09. Latter
very thick and of fine texture, with clean-cut section at
one edge. Gr. length (*010*) 3¹⁰⁄₁₆″.

**M. xv. 013. Fr. of stucco relief head,** of demon. Full
eye, flat nose ; wrinkled, wide grinning mouth with
strongly marked curved wrinkles at corner ; projecting
upper lip, and remains of teeth displayed. Above brow,
chin and whole of L. side broken away. Face painted
pink, eye and lip red. Material, clay ; very friable.
H. 5½″, gr. width 4½″ (incomplete). Pl. XX.

**M. xv. 014. Stucco relief head ;** probably of Bodhi-
sattva, somewhat under life-size. Long and narrow face
with small nose and mouth, and large elongated, dreamy
eyes. Hair loosely coiled above head, and falling in waving
curtain down temples and over tops of ears to back, with
small curl in front of ear. Double chin.

Modelling very crisp and stylistic. Eyebrows sharply
defined in modelling and arched in semicircular curve.
Orbicular line marking sharply upper and lower limits
of eyelids. Wing of nose sharply defined ; lips beautifully
formed.

Deep depressions at angles of mouth and nostrils.
R. ear broken at lobe ; L. ear and side of head missing ;
neck and surface of R. cheek broken away. White or
pale pink wash over face. Very friable clay. H. (chin
to root of hair) 5″, h. of whole 8½″, width across temples
*c.* 4″, gr. relief 5¾″. Pl. XX.

**M. xv. 015. Stucco relief head,** almost in the round ;
probably Bodhisattva life-size. Finely modelled, and
akin in style to the preceding. Vigorous treatment of

eyes, the inner angles of which incline inwards and down-
wards ; eyebrows well separated. Nostrils very narrow.
Mouth small, sharply modelled, and with corners rather
dropped. Face round at lower part, and under chin very
full. Hair in heavy tresses, curtained over forehead, and
with three tresses looping down each side ; ears covered.
No orns. Part of neck preserved, but broken away.
Broken and very brittle. Chin to crown 8¾″, length with
fr. of neck 1′, gr. width 7½″. Pl. XIX.

**M. xv. 016. Stucco relief fr.,** of arm with armlet. The
latter consists of raised band studded with projecting
round jewels, and below this a larger round rosette with
fine curved guttae, points outward whirling round central
boss and pearl inside curve of each gutta. Two pearls
lost. 2¾″×2¾″. Pl. XXI.

**M. xv. 017. Stucco relief head,** probably of Bodhisattva,
life size. Treatment similar to M. xv. 014, but ears, top,
and back of head with whole of hair missing. Brow
crowned with Mukuta composed of sq. jewels, each made
of four petals round circular centre. Two of these are
present, separated by about 1″ space which is furnished by
two leaf-shaped jewels upward inclined.

Face painted flesh colour, with contours red ; eyebrows,
thin moustache, and iris of eyes black ; lips vivid vermilion.
Double chin shown by groove. Surface very friable.
H. 8½″, gr. width *c.* 5″, gr. relief *c.* 4″. Pl. XX.

**M. xv. 018. Fr. of stucco relief head** of Buddha, rather
more than life-size. Chin, ears, and whole top of head
gone. Eyebrows sloping well up from Tilaka mark.
Eyes elongated and nearly closed. Mouth rather project-
ing, and smiling. Traces of red and pale flesh colour, but
surface much destroyed. Friable. H. 6¾″, gr. width 6¾″.

**M. xv. 019. Stucco relief head** of Buddha similar to
M. xv. 018, but top of head remains, with hair done in
semicircular rows of crescent-shaped curls behind whorl
of curls over forehead. Hair blue. All below upper lip
gone. H. (incomplete) 8″, gr. width 6″, gr. relief *c.* 4½″.

**M. xv. 020. Fr. of stucco relief head,** of old man.
Heavy wrinkles across forehead ; half-closed eyes. Nose
and all lower part of face broken away. Colour, pink with
contours and black eyebrows. Very friable. 5¾″×7″.

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