Damaged painted plaster fragment with several pale faces, haloes and blue and green pigment on a brown ground.

Celestial Figures, from Cave 224

A fragment of painted stucco shows several figures' faces and shoulders in pale ochre, with blue and green pigment against a brown plaster ground. Halos and a band of blue ornament survive along the top edge, while much of the surface has flaked away.

Artist: Unidentified
Date: 4th-6th century
Medium: stucco with pigment
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 1753 × 769 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 600).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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