The Thousand Buddhas / Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China

by Sir Aurel Stein

[97] See above, p. [40] sq.

[98] For a likely explanation of this unusual attitude, see above, p. [24], note [25].

[99] See Serindia, ii. p. 874; Pls. xxxvii, liv.

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Printed Image Plate Dimensions (width x height in centimeters)

Plate	Dimension		Plate	Dimension
1	38.3 x 49.3		25	54.3 x 34.9
2	33.7 x 49.3		26	40.7 x 45.1
3	32.5 x 49.6		27	38.0 x 49.5
4	25.4 x 49.4		28	37.9 x 39.8
5	19.7 x 39.6		29	42.1 x 50.3
6	32.7 x 49.3		30	45.7 x 39.7
7	37.3 x 49.3		31	30.2 x 49.8
8	35.9 x 49.1		32	50.3 x 26.2
9	49.5 x 41.9		33	52.5 x 32.5
10	36.5 x 49.6		34	17.0 x 25.2
11	41.7 x 39.5		35	21.5 x 20.0
12	54.9 x 35.5		36	20.4 x 21.5
13	42.7 x 49.5		37	20.9 x 22.8
14	36.1 x 49.4		38	12.8 x 36.0
15	35.8 x 49.9		39	20.2 x 22.0
16	32.9 x 49.5		40	20.2 x 28.3
17	37.6 x 49.5		41	25.8 x 26.3
18	29.3 x 49.3		42	18.7 x 24.7
19	38.4 x 39.7		43	17.9 x 22.6
20	26.3 x 39.6		44	20.5 x 26.2
21	18.6 x 49.4		45	17.2 x 24.7
22	47.7 x 33.5		46	27.0 x 32.8
23	33.3 x 49.2		47	21.7 x 20.8
24	40.1 x 49.5		48	23.4 x 32.5