Ornamental Dish
Ornamental Dish
1st century (made)
1st century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A woman struggling with a bearded man. This probably derives from classical mythology common in Hellenistic art where the subject of a nymph being ravished by a satyr is a common one.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ornamental Dish (Generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Steatite. Brown schistose material |
| Brief description | Palette with Nymph and Satyr, 1st century AD, Gandhara |
| Physical description | A woman struggling with a bearded man. This probably derives from classical mythology common in Hellenistic art where the subject of a nymph being ravished by a satyr is a common one. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by M. Longworth Dames. |
| Production | Gandhara Attribution note: The stone has been identified by Mr. Jobbins of the Geological Museum as Pyrophyllite with a little kaolinite as impurity. 2.12.1960. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.236-1960 |
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| Record created | May 16, 2002 |
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