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Wall Paintings at Mogao Grottoes

Composite image illustrating the stratigraphy of the paintings in Cave 85. The paintings were executed as fine line drawings in red and black ink on a ground preparation covering two base layers of earthen plaster, and then filled in with mineral pigments and washes of organic colorants. Credit: Getty Conservation Institute.

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