This material was collected by Aurel Stein at Shorchuk (Ming-oi), a site near Korla on the "Northern Silk Road," about 300 km. southwest of Urumqi in Xinjiang. The objects are displayed in Gallery 33. There is also material from Shorchuk on display in the Museum of Indian Art, Berlin.

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	Heads of Bodhisattvas. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XI, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco. OA MAS 1021, 1024, 1017, 1023
	Bodhisattva head. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 7th-8th c. CE. Stucco. OA MAS 1082
	Sculpted stucco heads. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XI, 6th-7th c. CE. OA MAS 1026, 1039, 1041
	Bust and head of warriors. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrines XII, XI, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco, traces of pigment. OA MAS 1063, 1042.
	Two stucco heads with traces of pigment. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XII, 6th-7th c. CE. OA MAS 1059, 1060
	A divinity. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XI, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco with traces of pigment. Probably part of a frieze. OA OA MAS 1012
	Clothed torso. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XI, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco. OA MAS 1031
	Stucco figure. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XI, 6th-7th c. CE. OA MAS 1014
	Stucco figure. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XI, 6th-7th c. CE. OA MAS 1016
	Sculpted head of a Buddha. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XVII, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco. The figure originally had inlaid eyes. OA MAS 1094
	Plaque with bodhisattva head. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco. OA MAS 1108
	Ceramic plaque with relief of grotesque face. Presumably Ming-oi, near Shorchuk. OA MAS 1067
	Sculpted head of a crowned bodhisattva. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, Shrine XVIII, 8th-9th c. CE. Stucco with traces of paint. OA MAS 1102
	Clay plaque with a seated Buddha. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 6th-7th c. CE. OA MAS 1111
	Details of section of wooden halo ornament (vesica). Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 6th-7th c. CE. OA MAS 1090
	Wooden leaf from a portable shrine. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 5th-6th c. CE. OA MAS 1000
	Figure of a foreign soldier and shield, probably part of a Buddhist frieze. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 6th-7th c. CE. Stucco. MAS.1061 (Mi.xii.0010); MAS.1065 (Mi.xii.0015/0017) The shield was found separately. My image of the full soldier figure is a composite from the three separate details. View an image of the "reconstructed ensemble."
	Fragment of a horse. Ming-oi, near Shorchuk, 8th-10th c. CE. Stucco with traces of paint. OA MAS 1043