A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s1.19

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At Yār-Khoto, to the west of Turfān, paintings on silk, described as being exquisitely wrought and harmoniously coloured, were obtained. Dr. Stein has brought home from his second expedition a large quantity of similar silk designs obtained in a walled-up temple near the Kan-su border, many of which are in the finest condition.¹ The Yār-Khoto pictures are both Manichean and Buddhist, the latter never failing to retain a distinctly Indian character. At the Bäsäklik monastery Dr. v. Le Coq discovered wall-paintings executed on a surface of plaster composed of loam and chopped straw.