Sculpture
Sculpture
5th century - 6th century (made)
5th century - 6th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
This sculpture depicts a female nature spirit holding a mirror, with a dwarf attendant. It has in common with other sculptures of this type a hole in the top, suggesting that they were intended as fixtures, possibly mirror handles. They are in a post Gandharan style which has its successors in the sculpture of Kashmir.
She wears large circular earrings anklets and seven bracelets on her left wrist and forearm; her right forearm is broken. She has an attendant with a cloth draped over her head, down her back and over her left arm. She wears a necklace with a pendant and a girdle round her hips. From Sahri Bahlol, 5th to 7th century A.D.
She wears large circular earrings anklets and seven bracelets on her left wrist and forearm; her right forearm is broken. She has an attendant with a cloth draped over her head, down her back and over her left arm. She wears a necklace with a pendant and a girdle round her hips. From Sahri Bahlol, 5th to 7th century A.D.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Sculpture (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Schist |
| Brief description | Yaksi, schist, Gandhara period 5th-6th century, Pakistan |
| Physical description | This sculpture depicts a female nature spirit holding a mirror, with a dwarf attendant. It has in common with other sculptures of this type a hole in the top, suggesting that they were intended as fixtures, possibly mirror handles. They are in a post Gandharan style which has its successors in the sculpture of Kashmir. She wears large circular earrings anklets and seven bracelets on her left wrist and forearm; her right forearm is broken. She has an attendant with a cloth draped over her head, down her back and over her left arm. She wears a necklace with a pendant and a girdle round her hips. From Sahri Bahlol, 5th to 7th century A.D. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | 12. Yakshi and Two Musicians
400–600
These sculptures are in a post-Gandharan style, which persisted in some parts of the north-west as late as AD 700, despite the invasion by Hunas in about AD 450–500.
Schist
Gandhara/North-west Pakistan
Musicians: Sahri Bahlol
Yakshi: possibly Sahri Bahlol
2nd musician given by Major-General H.L. Haughton CB, CIE, CBE
Museum nos. IM.41-1939, IS.14-1948, IS.505-1950
(06/06/2011) |
| Object history | From A.L.B.Ashton |
| Production | possibly Sahri Bahlol, Gandhara, Pakistan |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Note attached; " Mother and Child, Schist, Sahri Bahlol, Gandhara, Pakistan, 5th-6th century."
PICTURE |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.41-1939 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2000 |
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