Roof edge with antefix-terminating block. Building in Mogao caves

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Antefix-terminating block of a tiled roof carved with a palmette ornament placed at the edge of the covering tiles of a building in the Mogao Buddhist caves south area. Dunhuang-Gansu province-China.

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Size: 3600px × 5400px
Location: Mogao Buddhist Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China
Photo credit: © RWEISSWALD / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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