Fragment of painted silk

Fragment of painted silk, showing head of man. Left rather hastily painted, with uneven black outlines, on buff ground. Flesh uniform white; small lips red; moustache and small oblique eyes looking sideways, black; lozenge - shaped mark on forehead, red outlined black. Top and back of head lost;

Kind

artefact

Date

600–799 CE

Place

Ashtana (21.0063, 74.2596)