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0105 Innermost Asia : vol.2
Innermost Asia : vol.2 / Page 105 (Color Image)

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red robe, with foot in black shoe, behind which (015) dark
grey or blue robe without pattern, or perhaps with flying
birds. To R. a foot in black shoe.
Below inscribed band, on 015, top of round pointed
grey hat (?) with pink lotus to R. On 032, shaven head
of monk, blue, with pink forehead and black eyebrows.
All below missing. To L. a pink lotus bud. Combined
length of the three frs. (which do not join) 1′ 6″. Gr.
height (015) 5⅔″.

Toy. vi. 016, 017. Fr. of fresco, in two pieces showing
breast, part of L. arm and hand and part of biceps of
R. arm; nude excepting necklace with jewel, armlets
and bracelets. L. arm and hand in Abhaya-mudrā, but
the two first fingers unusually widely spread. At base of
neck a black hand-like mass, not understood. Back-
ground, visible only between arms and body, green. Flesh
pink outlined red. Orns. yellow. Broken away on all
sides. Colours well preserved. 8½″ × 5″.

Toy. vi. 020. Fr. of fresco, with pink ground on which
a spot pattern. One spot is a trefoil of leaf-shapes in buff,
with green markings and a kind of elliptical wing to L. in
gold. R. side missing. To lower L. of spot, a circular
spot, buff with green markings. To L. a patch of gold
and buff, probably part of spot similar to first. Below,
a white band with patch of green. 2⅔″ × 1⅔″.

Toy. vi. 021. Fr. of fresco, showing straight border of
curved, blunt lotus petals (Padmāsana ?) between two
yellow bands outlined red, with centre red line along each
band. Petals white-bordered, buff centres shaded grey,
outlined black. Above, two vertical broad bands, dark
red to R., grey to L., divided by vertical yellow band with
centre red line. To extreme R. a foot pointing straight
down and showing sole, pink, outlined red. To L. part of
other foot (?) slightly sloping to L.; toes missing. Broken
away on all sides. 4″ × 4″.

Toy. vi. 022. Fr. of stucco, of rounded form suggesting
part of large hand. Gilded all over. Broken away at
back and on all sides. 2⅔″ × 2″.

Toy. vi. 023. Fr. of fresco. Probably part of lion-
figured tunic as in 02. Much defaced. 2⅔″ × 1″.

Toy. vi. 024. Fr. of fresco, on brick-like fr. of clay,
showing painted surfaces on three sides. Front face
shows a medallion 2⅔″ diam. encircled by yellow band.
Within this a device too damaged to make out, but reveal-
ing frs. of floral detail in yellow, outlined with fine black
lines. Centre mass seems to have been mainly red-brown.
About 1″ to one side, the beginning of a second medallion
(?). Ground outside medallion buff or yellow with border
at the three intact edges of brick, buff, about ⅔″ wide.
The three other surfaces defaced and broken away
towards back. Length 5″, breadth 4⅔″, gr. thickness 2⅔″.

Toy. vi. 025, 056, 072. Frs. of fresco. Parts of three
figures, all buff with sketchy black contour lines, in pose
similar to those on 066. 025 and 056 show the two
hands grasping lotus stem. These two are outer angle

pieces, and show small part of return surface, painted.
The fig. in 056 seems to be deformed, but this may be due
to its very abraded condition. Gr. fr. (056) 6½″ × 3½″.

Toy. vi. 026. Fr. of fresco, showing part of lower leg
and foot of figure. Foot outstretched and sole upturned
as in 'locked' pose of seated figure. Dark grey drapery
over leg to ankle. Background red with small pale pink
above (part of other foot ?). 3½″ × 3″.

Toy. vi. 027, 036, 043, 046, 048, 060, 063, 067, 079.
Frs. of fresco, all abraded, damaged by smoke or damp
and unintelligible. Gr. fr. 3½″ × 3″.

Toy. vi. 029. Fr. of fresco, with four incomplete lines
of well-written Uigur chars. in black on white ground.
4½″ × 2½″.

Toy. vi. 030. Fr. of fresco, with one incomplete line of
Brāhmī (?) chars. in black on white ground ; red band at
one edge. 4⅔″ × 2⅔″.

Toy. vi. 031. Fr. of fresco, with crudely written Brāhmī
chars. in black on white ground. 4⅔″ × 2″.

Toy. vi. 033. Fr. of fresco, with two incomplete lines
of Uigur chars. in faded black on white ground. 5″ × 2½″.

Toy. vi. 034. Fr. of fresco, showing at one edge part
of forearm with bangles. At opposite edge pale buff or
pink drapery (?). Background a broad band of white,
with half crescent in grey at one side ; band of grey,
outlined black (stole ?), at other. Above (?) a red band
with orange yellow border next white, divided by red
line ; below (?) black. Flesh outlined pink, drapery
outlined red and shaded with grey. Damaged by smoke
at one edge. 3½″ × 4⅔″.

Toy. vi. 039. Fr. of fresco, with two incomplete lines
of Brāhmī (?) chars. in black on white ground. Part of
red band with black edge above. 2½″ × 1⅔″.

Toy. vi. 040. Fr. of fresco, showing curved pearl (?)-
on-band orn. with two large pearls in centre ; surmounted
by horizontal yellow ring in perspective, to L. of which
long radiating ground-ended petals. Black ground. Prob.
part of tiara. 3″ × 2″.

Toy. vi. 041. Fr. of fresco, showing part of lotus orn.,
pink with red outlines, and a narrow band dividing it from
red ground with black berries or jewels outlined white.
2⅔″ × 3⅔″.

Toy. vi. 045. Fr. of fresco, showing part of rosette
formed of buff disc with central ring and ring border shaded
grey ; outside this a border of touching, enclosed palmettes,
voluted side outwards. Background mottled grey on which
traces of outlined detail. 2½″ × 1⅔″.

Toy. vi. 049. Fr. of fresco, with mutilated Brāhmī (?)
chars. in black on white ground. To one side part of curved
white band outlined black. Background black. 3″ × 2½″.

Toy. vi. 050. Fr. of fresco, showing part of white rosette
jewel behind which chocolate-coloured flame-like tongues.
Above and adjoining, a brown mass on which scrolls, also

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