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China: An outline sketch of people eating from the back of a Buddhist sutra found at Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, 8th-9th centuries

China: An outline sketch of people eating from the back of a Buddhist sutra found at Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, 8th-9th centuries

This kind of simple, outline sketch was perhaps used by artists as a framework for more detailed paintings on the cave walls at Mogao.

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