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0459 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 / Page 459 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 120. PORTION OF MURAL PAINTING IN CAVE-SHRINE AT BEZEKLIK, TURFAN, AS SET UP AFTER REMOVAL TO NEW DELHI. ON LEFT COLOSSAL BODHISATTVA WITH DIVINE ATTENDANTS AND WORSHIPPERS; ON RIGHT, SCENE OF LAMENT OVER THE BUDDHA'S NIRVANA.

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doi: 10.20676/00000214
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last Muhammadan visitors. Duri
been exposed to further damage fro
andal fashion cut out small pieces t
he risk of further destruction is t
y too obvious. Careful systema
ned the only means under existi
as many characteristic specimen
remains of Buddhist pictorial ar
Asia (Fig. 120). For this long si
tunately utilize the trained skill a
ny 'handy-man', Naik Shamsu
ngul Khan, he successfully acro
wo months of continuous hard w
had been prepared for their guida
the fresco panels, which filled in
arge cases, was carried out in m
echnical methods I had first appl
l paintings from the Miran temp
how these large panels of friable m
against damage on their long jour
that, in spite of the risks implied
aks and ponies over a total dista
and across passes up to a maxim
feet, they reached their destinat
of the Bezeklik frescoes in the buil
mmodation at New Delhi has tak
as my artist friend and assistant, M
during the years 1921-28, been free t
ment of the antiquities brought ba
tions.
Christmas I was able to pay a rapi