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Chal. 010. Stucco relief fr. Buddha seated in Dhyāna-
mudrā. Much defaced. Legs missing. Traces of red on
robe, white on flesh and black on hair. Head broken off
(now joined). Thick backing of several layers of very
hard plaster. Material, white plaster. 6½″×4⅛″×2″.
Pl. IX.

Chal. 011. Stucco relief fr. Buddha head as Chal. 06.
a-d. White plaster, very hard. Defaced by fire. 2″×2⅜″.

Chal. 012. Stucco relief fr. Lower part of seated
Buddha, similar to Kara-sai. 02. R. leg missing. White
plaster, hardened by fire. 3″×2″.

Chal. 013. Stucco relief fr. Nude body of male fig.;
head, R. arm, and all below hips missing. L. forearm
flexed against upper arm. Body long and narrow, with
umbilicus strongly marked. Edge of girdle below waist.
For pose cf. Ser. iv. Pl. X, K. S. 005. Hard white plaster.
2⅞″×2⅛″. Pl. IX.

Chal. 014. Stucco relief fr. Three spiral curls of hair
(Ammonite type) from colossal fig. in white plaster.

For same type see Ser. iv. Pl. XVI, Kha. ii. N. 0010.
Abraded but hard. 5″×5⅛″.

Chal. 015. Stucco relief fr. from curved lotus-petal border,
with beads at inner edge ; cf. Chal. 09. Hard white
plaster, much weathered. 5″×4⅜″.

Chal. 016. Fr. of stucco slab, with incised chevron
pattern and dog-tooth edge in relief. Hard grey plaster.
5¼″×3¼″.

Chal. 017. Bronze vase ; small, cast ; with trumpet
mouth, sloping shoulders, and oval body tapering slightly
to flat base. On each shoulder is grotesque T'ao-t'ieh ogre
head in relief, as handle ; very short and wide with
curling ears or horns.
Each side, again, shows in very low relief, in oval panel
within double-line border, a Chinese dragon plunging
down from clouds (?) into waves. Panel has straight
sides diverging upwards. At top and bottom of each side
right-angled shoulders support rounded ends.
Fine design. Vase generally in fair condition but slightly
corroded on surface. H. 3⅜″, diam. of mouth 1⅜″, at
shoulders 1¼″, of base ⅞″. Pl. X.

OBJECTS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM SITE NEAR KARA-SAI

Kara-sai. 01. Stucco relief fr. Buddha seated in
Dhyāna-mudrā ; single robe. Head, hands, feet, L. leg,
and L. shoulder missing. Buff colour in places due prob.
to fire. White plaster. Surface broken away. 3¼″×3¼″.

Kara-sai. 02. Fr. of stucco relief plaque ; curved lower
edge showing lower part of Buddha seated in meditation
on lotus. Upper part to elbows, and L. side, broken away.
Traces of pink and grey paint. White plaster. 3″×2¼″.

Kara-sai. 03. Stucco relief fr. Part of double flame
border from vesica ; spinous, as Ser. iv. Pl. XVI, Kha. ii.
0046. Inner ray pink, outer grey (orig. prob. blue). White
plaster. 6¼″×2⅞″.

Kara-sai. 04. Stucco relief fr. Part of flame border, as
Kara-sai. 03. 3¼″×2¼″.

Kara-sai. 05-6. Stucco relief fr. Upper half of seated
Buddha, much defaced. Traces of whitewash and red
lines. Background plain. 5″×5″.

Kara-sai. 07. Terra-cotta appliqué mask ; grotesque
face as Yo. 052 and Ark. Han. 07. 1⅜″×1¼″.

Kara-sai. 08. Stucco relief fr. Gandharvi flying R. and hold-
ing garland in outstretched hands. Makes pair, in general
type and details, with Bal. 075 ; see also Ser. iv. Pl. XV,
Kha. ii. w. 001. Head, hands, and legs below knee lost.
Remains of red paint on mantle under arm. Hard white
plaster ; surface worn. 3″×3⅜″.

K.Sai. 09. Stucco relief fr. Head of Buddha, from mould
exactly similar to Bal. 077–80, Pl. V. Fr. of circular halo.
White plaster, burnt hard as Chal. 08. Eroded. H. 1⅜″.

OBJECTS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM KIZIL-YĀR

K. Yar. 01. Painted wooden panel. Oblong wooden
board, chamfered at all edges on obv., and painted with
hexagonal diaper much defaced ; bordered on chamfers
with repeating scroll pattern in light colour on dark
ground.
Rev. On white ground an elaborate shrine in black
outline, placed the upright way of panel. On a pavement
stands a Stūpa-shaped shrine with two-storied podium
and flight of steps leading to sanctuary. Seated in it a
Buddha figure on straight Padmāsana under semicircular
arch from which two leaves of a door are thrown open
R. and L.
Dome, covered outside with curved imbrications, sup-
ports, on a kind of ornamental Tee, plus two slender
detached flanking shafts, a tall spire built in horizontal
courses and crowned by a half-open lotus. This is protected

by diminishing 'Chattras', from the lowest of which hang
long rippling streamers. Flame ornament flanks the
Stūpa.
Perspective is used in the lower parts of drawing. The
whole much sand-encrusted and faint. Small hole drilled
through centre about ¼ from one end. Perhaps Pōthī
cover. 20½″×6¼″×¼″.

K. Yar. 02-3. Two pieces of mica, prob. for inlay.
Flat, roughly triangular in shape, with serrated edges.
⅜″×¼″.

K. Yar. 04. Chip of carnelian, reddish-yellow. Gr. M.
⅜″.

K. Yar. 05. Fr. of dark brown translucent pebble (?).
Gr. M. 7⁄16″.

K. Yar. 06. Bronze spoon-handle (?). Long, flat,
R 2