Kizil Caves, near Kucha, Tarim Basin
Cave of the Sixteen Sword Bearers
after Grünwedel
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Fig. 11. Donor picture from the corridor a, a' the Cave of the Sword Bearers, Qyzyl, Kultst. S 56 at a' 1. Height of the original 1.10 m. Photos of all the figures on this side in Plate 5, Vol 4, Die Buddhistische Spätantike in Mittelasien by Albert von Le Coq |
Fig. 12. Donor picture from the corridor a, a' the Cave of the Sword Bearers, Qyzyl, Kultst. S 56 at a 3, 4. Height of the original 1.10 m. (These are the same as the 2 right hand figures in the colour image). | ||
Source: Fig. 11 & 12. pI27 Alt-Kutscha by Albert Grünwedel
[Grünwedel’s line drawings, which he made by pressing a thin piece of paper directly on the paintings, were made before the paintings were cut up and removed by von Le Coq.]
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