Period:Unknown Production date:8thC
Materials:clay
Technique:painted, slipped,
Dimensions:Height: 16.10 centimetres Width: 10.80 centimetres
Description:
Fragment of a statue made of red coarse clay, probably unfired. Depicted is a left hand either holding a rectangular incised billet or a pothi (sacred book). All five fingers have broken off and the fractures show thin wooden cores around which the figure was built. The clay surface of the object is covered with a cream-coloured slip on which traces of pigments remain.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084063_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084064_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084065_001.jpg)
![图片[4]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084049_001.jpg)
![图片[5]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084053_001.jpg)
![图片[6]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084057_001.jpg)
![图片[7]-figure BM-1907-1111.79-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01084061_001.jpg)
Comments:The Department of Asia would like to thank Xanthe Carmichael for her help with updating the information on the site of Dandan-Uiliq.
Materials:clay
Technique:painted, slipped,
Dimensions:Height: 16.10 centimetres Width: 10.80 centimetres
Description:
Fragment of a statue made of red coarse clay, probably unfired. Depicted is a left hand either holding a rectangular incised billet or a pothi (sacred book). All five fingers have broken off and the fractures show thin wooden cores around which the figure was built. The clay surface of the object is covered with a cream-coloured slip on which traces of pigments remain.
IMG
Comments:The Department of Asia would like to thank Xanthe Carmichael for her help with updating the information on the site of Dandan-Uiliq.
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