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Cosmetic Dish


Cosmetic Dish is divided more typically into three compartments. The upper portion shows a carving of a man and woman. She rests her right arm along his shoulders, while he makes a conversational gesture with his right hand. Buchthal has shown how this arrangement is a close copy of a husband and wife on the lid of a a Roman sarcophagus. A lotus pattern fills the two lower compartments, and is repeated on the reverse.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Schist
Brief description
Cosmetic dish, schist, Gandhara, 2nd century, north west Pakistan
Physical description
Cosmetic Dish is divided more typically into three compartments. The upper portion shows a carving of a man and woman. She rests her right arm along his shoulders, while he makes a conversational gesture with his right hand. Buchthal has shown how this arrangement is a close copy of a husband and wife on the lid of a a Roman sarcophagus. A lotus pattern fills the two lower compartments, and is repeated on the reverse.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.1cm
Object history
Bought from Maj Genl. H.L.Haughton, C.B., C.I.E., C.B.E, 1948
Bibliographic reference
Haworth-Booth, Mark; Indian Sculpture: A Travelling Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971 No. 61
Collection
Accession number
IS.61-1948

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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