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MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS RECOVERED AT RUINED SHRINE K.K. II.

K.K. II. 01. Carved wooden figure of standing Buddha
in Abhaya-mudrā. Head and both hands missing; feet
together slightly out-turned and resting on green lotus.
Three garments are visible. An upper robe, red, is
wrapped round body, over L. shoulder and arm, hanging
in straight line down L. side of leg nearly to ankle; at this
level it shows a horizontal edge round back, and an oblique
line in front upwards from R. to L., the line of upper edge
crossing breast being parallel. The upper line at back runs
from L. shoulder downward to below R. arm. A corner
of same robe hangs from forearm to back of L. thigh.
A second robe, green, covers breast and back to neck
and R. arm, and hangs in heavy loop from arm to near
ankle. Covering lower legs and ankles is third robe, purple,
heavily pleated and reaching to lotus at back. On this, in
front are two white pendent bands, ends of girdle. Round
neck hangs massive carcanet, gold, studded with rosette
jewels. Folds in drapery very few and formal, being merely
grooves.
At each shoulder is stump of an upward projection, red,
which may have supported nimbus. Neck and feet gilded.
Seen from side, figure is too flat, but the backward curve
from feet to shoulders conveys great dignity. From front
the resemblance to twelfth-cent. Gothic statuary is most
striking.
Lotus chipped; corner of red robe, burnt; crack down
front. Height 10⅜″, width 2⅜″; thickness front to back
c. 1⅛″. Pl. LXVI.

K.K. II. 02, 04–7, 012, 017. a–b, 021, 023, 025–7, 031,
038–40, 046–9, 051, 070–3, 079. Frs. of plain silk.
02. Blue with piece of yellow attached, 13½″×7½″. 04.
Dark brown, 9″×4½″. 05. Faded pale blue, 10″×4″.
06. Grey-brown, 5½″×4″. 07. Buff, with traces of paint
or paste, 4⅜″×3⅛″. 012. Buff, 7″×3½″. 017. a. Dull
green, 8″×4″. 017. b. Rich canary yellow, 6″×1⅛″.
021. Blue, 11⅛″×1⅛″. 023. Bright green, fine corded
surface, 12″×2⅛″. 025. Two frs. blue, to larger is attached
doubled strip buff, 13″×15⅛″ and 9½″×9″. 026. Two frs.
buff, stained pink in patches, 14″×15″ and 10″×2″. 027.
Two frs. plum colour, 13½″×9⅜″ and 9″×2½″. 031. Pale
faded blue, 12″×8″. 038. Three frs. dark blue. Largest
7½″×6″. 039. Two frs., faded blue, 7″×3½″ and 7″×1⅜″.
040. Blue, loosely woven with tiny fr. of inscr. paper
attached, 14⅜″×14″. 046. Dark blue, 10½″×15″. 047.
Two frs. black, 21″×3″ and 11″×5″. 048. Faded blue
or green, 10″×6″. 049. Buff, unevenly woven, 14″×4⅜″.
051. Faded yellow, 12⅛″×8⅛″. 070–2. Blue with remains
of coloured and MS. paper adhering. Gr. fr. 13″×14″.
073. Dark drab, 11″×9″. 079. Black, 6½″×2½″.

K.K. II. 08. Fr. of painted silk, canvas; with group
of seven celestial beings kneeling on cloud scrolls with
which they are surrounded. Head-dresses all of tall Chinese
type, excepting one, with crown. Features Chinese.
All are enveloped in voluminous robes of one colour. The
lowest (complete) dark grey; to L. p. one red; to R. p.
one yellow, one red. Higher to R. p., red, with gilded head-
dress; highest, blue. Each figure nimbate and placed
one behind the other en échelon. Drawing delicate and
free. Well preserved. 4⅛″×2⅛″.

K.K. II. 09. Fr. of silk, canary yellow, faded, with six
bold Chinese characters in black ink. 13″×11⅛″.

K.K. II. 010. Fr. of painted silk gauze, yellow, with
white lotuses and green leaves and stalks. Touches of red
brown here and there. Flowers well drawn. 3½″×3⅛″.

K.K. II. 011. Fr. of painted silk banner. Part of R.
side near top. A very graceful Apsaras floats vertically
with head bent downward towards central figure, of which
flaming halo with elaborately drawn cusped centre appears
below tasselled canopy. Apsaras has loose short-sleeved
vest, open in V shape to waist, falling in graceful folds
over hips and dropping in point at front.
In extended L. hand a small dish of fruit and in uplifted
R. hand a flower. A pink clinging robe ornamented with
spiral spots, and with green lining, reveals bare feet; in
front the long ends of girdle are knotted at about knee
level. A massive carcanet encircles neck.
Outlines freely drawn in black. Very faded and ragged.
15″×10″.

K.K. II. 014. Frs. of painted paper, several thicknesses
stuck together and painted in red, blue, yellow, &c., but
too fragmentary to make out. Very fragile. Largest
5″×2⅛″.

K.K. II. 015. Fr. of silk damask, discoloured. Pattern
loosely woven and indistinct, but rows of Svastikas can be
recognized. A few Chinese characters written in black.
7″×4″.

K.K. II. 016. Fr. of printed silk, dull pink with four-petalled
buttercup rosette semé in white (resist). Very ragged.
13″×13″. Pl. LXXXVI.

K.K. II. 018. Figured silk wallet; square when open,
with edges turned in and pasted to paper lining. Two
bands, composed of circular or elliptical bunches of flowers
in blue and yellow, are woven across material; the space
between bands c. 3″. Diam. of bunch 2″. Space between
bunches ⅜″.
The coloured yarns float loosely at back, and have been
strengthened by paper pasted over. Ground colour of
material probably pink discoloured to dull brown. In
centre of one edge of square a band of some material for
tying, 9″ long. Very discoloured and faded. 7⅛″×8″.
Pl. LXXXIII.

K.K. II. 019. Fr. of printed silk, buff with lighter
'resist' pattern of rosettes of four long petals, all-over.
Roughly printed. 5″×1⅛″.

K.K. II. 020. Fr. of printed paper, showing repeating
seated Buddha figure in meditation, similar to K.K. II.
056, but different block. 2½″×1⅛″.