A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s1.15

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Further east, at Endere, between Niya and Cherchen, in ruins of somewhat earlier date than those at Dandān-Uiliq, Dr. Stein found a scrap of faded fresco on stucco with 'delicate and harmonious colouring', and an Indian-ink sketch on paper depicting a Bactrian she-camel suckling her calf, drawn in the fewest possible bold strokes with considerable spirit and vigour. A slight attempt to indicate the solidity or roundness of the body has been made by adding a wash of faint colour round the contours (Fig. 217). The drawing seems to have been executed with a brush, not a pen, and is free from conventionality.