Cosmetic Dish
Cosmetic dish with upper portion showing a carving of a woman seated on a sea-monster. The lower part, which occupies less than half its total area is broken away. Gandhara region, 1st or 2nd century A.D. The reverse is plain. This motif, as shwon by Buchthal, is derived from Western sources.
Bibliography, The Western Aspects of Gandhara Sculptures, proceedings of the British Academy Vol. XXXI, Fig.5.
Bibliography, The Western Aspects of Gandhara Sculptures, proceedings of the British Academy Vol. XXXI, Fig.5.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Schist |
| Brief description | Domestic, schist, Gandhara |
| Physical description | Cosmetic dish with upper portion showing a carving of a woman seated on a sea-monster. The lower part, which occupies less than half its total area is broken away. Gandhara region, 1st or 2nd century A.D. The reverse is plain. This motif, as shwon by Buchthal, is derived from Western sources. Bibliography, The Western Aspects of Gandhara Sculptures, proceedings of the British Academy Vol. XXXI, Fig.5. |
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| Object history | Bought from Maj. Genl. H.L.Haughton C.B., C.I.E., C.B.E., 1948. |
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| Accession number | IS.60-1948 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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