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crumbling walls of a small enclosure. Marks of recent burrowing into the solid masonry suggested
that the watch-tower had been mistaken for a Stūpa.

Section IV.—List of Antiques Excavated at the 'Ming-oi' Site,
Shōrchuk, Kara-Shahr

Mi. i. 001. Stucco relief fr. Face of Buddha, about
half life-size, ears and hair missing. Face round and
straight-eyed; flesh painted dead white; eyebrows, out-
line and iris of eyes black; upper line of eyelid and lips red;
corner of eyes, small moustache and imperial, blue. Ūrṇā
on forehead, a red circle surrounded by red dots
(damaged). For others see Mi. i. 002; vii. 003. Chin to
top of forehead 3¾″. Pl. CXXXII.

Mi. i. 002. Stucco relief fr. of face like Mi. i. 001, but
larger. Only R. side preserved below eye and, to L., side
of nose and mouth. Traces of black moustache line
and dot for beard. Condition bad, and most of white
surface gone. Lips red. Soft clay mixed with fibre.
Chin to middle of nose 4″.

Mi. i. 003. Stucco relief fr. of tile, as Mi. xxiii. 1. R.
bottom corner including L. ear and ear-ring of Bodhisattva
preserved. 5″ × 4½″.

Mi. i. 004. a–h. Stucco relief frs. of a valance (imitating
textiles), from border of some projecting cornice. Of these
b and h only keep flat painted border from which valance
was suspended. The central orn. painted on this is
a flower with white centre, and five green petals outlined
in white and vermilion. Outside this on either side are
petals arranged like a fan, and painted with chocolate
centre on rose, on cream, with vermilion outline. Outside
again on each side is a series of crescents, blue, white
(vermilion-edged), chocolate, rose, white (vermilion-edged),
and green placed vertically. This seen well in h.
Below runs the heading of valance (best seen in e and f),
consisting of row of white relief sqs. between two plain
vermilion mouldings.
Below this is the valance itself: a row of triangular
hanging 'swags' in relief, alternating with hanging tassels
(best seen in c and d). Each 'swag' has an outer line of
flame-filleted orn. in pale green; inside this a border like
the heading above, but all red, and in centre a triangular
design with half of four-petalled flower in white. Tassel
hangs from red rope formed of circles bordered by
mouldings. It consists first of two red rings, then row of
blue petals, then two more red rings and final row of bells
in pale green. Background between 'swag' and tassel
red-brown.
In all fifteen 'swags' and five frs., fifteen tassels and two
frs. preserved. a joins h. Plaster thickly mixed with fibres.
Combined length 4′ 6½″. Width 6″, of which smooth
border is 1⅜″. g and h, Pl. CXXXVII.

Mi. ii. 001. Fr. of wooden statuette; half-closed R.
hand complete, Cf. Mi. ii. 009. No grooves. Shows
plentiful traces of thick white substance on surface, prob-

once gilded or painted. Made separately from fig.
Gr. M. 2⅝″; across knuckles ⅞″.

Mi. ii. 002. Stucco relief fr.; part of tile apparently
from same mould as Mi. xxiii. 1. Bodhisattva head up to
fillet and R. ear (rosette missing) and R. bottom corner of
frame preserved. Gr. h. 6¼″; gr. width 6⅛″.

Mi. ii. 003–4. Two frs. of painted stucco band,
probably heading of valance like Mi. i. 004. Ground
white, with pattern outlined in vermilion of series of
lozenges leaving side triangles. Lozenges (white) have
small inner lozenge, green or grey-blue, on which is
vermilion or pale pink rosette with red-brown centre;
triangles also vermilion or pale pink with red-brown centre.
Surface worn. Soft clay mixed with fibre. 5⅜″ and 5⅝″ ×
2¼″ and 1½″.

Mi. ii. 005. Fr. of plaster, gilded. Convex surface,
perhaps from neck of figure. 2⅜″ × 2¼″ × ⅜″ to ¾″.

Mi. ii. 006. a–b. Stucco relief frs. (a) Little and third
finger of colossal R. hand; (b) probably forefinger of same
hand. Traces of gilding on flesh and of dark paint (once
red?) on nails. Nails 1⅜″ × 1⅜″. (a) 8¾″ × 4″; (b) 5⅝″
× 1⅝″.

Mi. ii. 007. Stucco relief fr. L. hand life-size. Hand
outstretched along thigh shows under thumb fr. of green
and red drapery. Broken below wrist. Plaster stucco on
core of clay and fibre. 8″ × 3⅜″ × 3¼″. Pl. CXXXIX.

Mi. ii. 008 (marked wrongly ii. 001). Stucco relief fr.
Rosette from head-dress of fig. like *Mi. xi. 00. Six petals
and bead border; no colour. Diam. 4″.

Mi. ii. 009 (marked wrongly ii. 002). Fr. of wooden
statuette. R. hand with fingers folded in, prob. holding
fold of robe. Only third finger complete. Cross groove
under folded little finger is correctly given, but there is
a deep groove meeting it lengthways along edge of palm
which is quite unnatural. No paint. Made separately and
glued on to fig. Gr. M. 3⅛″; across knuckles 1⅝″.

Mi. iv. 001. Mould in plaster of Paris for casting seated
Buddha (3¼″ × 2⅛″ × ¾″), pair of curls (like beard of Mi. xi.
00107), each 2″ × 1″ × ¾″, and pair of zigzag locks of hair.
Here broken across, so that of latter only end of one and
two curves of the other preserved (2⅜″ × ⅝″ × ¾″). All
details of Buddha's head left for future treatment.
Transverse hole through rounded end. 12⅜″ × 6″ × 1⅝″.
Pl. CXXXVII.

Mi. v. 001. Stucco head of fig. of type *Mi. xi. 00. Head-
dress above fillet, R. side of crown and face and L. ear
missing. Chin to top of hair 3⅝″.