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April 24 2019

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A photograph of a large, ornately carved wooden structure. Small brass bells hang from several projecting ledges along the carved tiers. The setting appears to be a dim workshop or storage hall with wooden beams and scaffolding visible behind it. No people are visible in the frame.Close view of carved wooden temple architecture with dense relief sculpture. Multiple tiers of stacked wooden pillars and brackets frame figures of deities and attendants carved in relief, with a lion-like guardian figure and a pair of standing figures in the centre. Weathered brown wood with a tiled roof edge and a metal pipe at the left. No people are visible in the frame.2015-08-23November 09 20062006-11-09Close view of a richly carved wooden temple chariot or ratha, showing layered brackets, pillars and panels of deeply carved figures, animals and foliage. A central panel depicts a pair of standing carved figures with multiple arms, and a lion-like carved creature appears at lower right. The wood is weathered and dark brown with pale highlights. No people are visible in the scene.2015-08-23February 08 20122012-02-08A close, angled photograph of a long carved wooden frieze in warm honey-brown wood, set against an orange wall. Rows of carved figures in relief, including standing and seated figures, fill the panel between bands of geometric and scale-pattern moulding. No living people are visible; the carved figures are sculpted reliefs. The lower edge shows an arched lotus-petal style moulding, and the scene appears to be a temple or ashram interior woodwork detail.2016-10-12October 15 20082008-10-15Close photograph of carved sandstone architecture: rows of stepped, tiered miniature shrine forms and ornamental niches projecting from a weathered rock wall, with fine floral and geometric relief carving on each block. No people are visible. A purple circular logo with a white bird appears in the upper left corner.2008-06-09Photograph of an ornately carved wooden stand or pedestal with a tall, segmented central column topped by a finial, resting on a base carved with two open-mouthed dragon or makara-like heads, scrollwork and perforated floral lattice. The base sits on a tiled floor of geometric black, white and reddish-brown pattern in a dim palace interior. No people are visible in the scene.2006-11-10August 23 20152015-08-23November 10 20062006-11-10A close view of a heap of dark stone sculptures, many carved with coiled serpents and rounded forms, layered together and coated in grey dust and mud. Some pieces show red paint or marks, and a cloth-wrapped edge is visible at the upper left. No people are visible; the scene looks like stone carvings stacked or stored in a temple setting.2018-04-29