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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kausambi (made)

The top portion of a prism-shaped carving in dark red soapstone. One face is carved with two squares (the lower one having lost its bottom half) in raised relief. The squares are framed within herring-bone decorated borders under a similar heading. The upper square is carved with a walking winged lion in profile facing right while the lower broken square shows the head and shoulders of two figures with their arms raised.

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Object type	Fragment
Materials and techniques	carved dark red soapstone Soapstone Carving
Brief description	part of a prism-shaped piece of soapstone; probably a jewellery die
Physical description	The top portion of a prism-shaped carving in dark red soapstone. One face is carved with two squares (the lower one having lost its bottom half) in raised relief. The squares are framed within herring-bone decorated borders under a similar heading. The upper square is carved with a walking winged lion in profile facing right while the lower broken square shows the head and shoulders of two figures with their arms raised.
Dimensions	Height: 3.2cm Width: 2.3cm Depth: 1.3cm
Production	According to the Sotheby catalogue (01/08/1939) this object is from Kausambi but this statement may not be correct.
Bibliographic reference	Sotheby & co, sale catalogue, August 1 1939, lot 231,illus pl. XI.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.203-1939

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O452037/fragment-unknown/

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