Relief plaque
Sculpture
ca. 1st century BC (made)
ca. 1st century BC (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The upper part of a terracotta plaque with a moulded relief of a full-frontal female head and upper torso. The plaque has an arched top with a rounded moulding below which at the centre there is a hole. The female has an elaborate headdress with a tiered conical topknot on either side of which is a pair of flaps that hang down over her hair. A variety of unidentified objects, which may include different weapons, project outwards from these flaps. She has a large circular earring in her right ear and a more elaborate openwork earring in the left ear. A scarf or uttariya is draped over her shoulders falling down either side of her breasts next to her arms.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Relief plaque (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded terracotta |
| Brief description | Relief plaque, moulded Terracotta, Kausambi, circa 1st century BC |
| Physical description | The upper part of a terracotta plaque with a moulded relief of a full-frontal female head and upper torso. The plaque has an arched top with a rounded moulding below which at the centre there is a hole. The female has an elaborate headdress with a tiered conical topknot on either side of which is a pair of flaps that hang down over her hair. A variety of unidentified objects, which may include different weapons, project outwards from these flaps. She has a large circular earring in her right ear and a more elaborate openwork earring in the left ear. A scarf or uttariya is draped over her shoulders falling down either side of her breasts next to her arms. |
| Dimensions | Width: 3 7/8 in Height: 3 5/8 in |
| Style | |
| Object history | Purchased from Col. D.W.Gordon (with IS.8-99-1951) |
| Production | From Kausambi, U.P., India |
| Bibliographic reference | Barnard, Nick. 'A Third-Century CE Nagarjunakonda Relief and Other Sculpture from Andhra Pradesh in the Victoria and Albert Museum' in Shimada, A. and Willis, M. (eds.) Amaravati: The Art of an Early Buddhist Monument in Context, British Museum Research Publication 207. The British Museum, London, 2016. ISBN 978 0861592074.
p. 99, fig. 136 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.57-1951 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2000 |
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