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Garnet Bird (Ring?)

Sculpture
ca. 2nd century BC-2nd century AD (made)

Garnet, Gandhara, ca. 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD.


Object details

Object type
Sculpture
TitleGarnet Bird (Ring?) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Garnet
Brief description
Garnet, Gandhara, ca. 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD.
DimensionsHeight: L c 1/2 in
Historical context
....Garnet Ring in the form of a bird ?
Production
Gandhara, Pakistan
Bibliographic reference
Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168 Plate 9, page 18
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.28-1948

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2000
Record URL
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