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Relief panel

Relief Panel
2nd century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This badly damaged fragment shows two men eagerly making music. The one on the left holds a syrinx to his mouth with both hands. His face is flaked off. He wears a large cloak and covers his body in a wide swirl. The figure on the right is a drummer shown in profile. The head is destroyed as are parts of his right arm and his right leg.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRelief panel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Grey schist
Brief description
Relief showing two musicians, grey schist, 2nd century AD, Swat valley Gandhara.
Physical description
This badly damaged fragment shows two men eagerly making music. The one on the left holds a syrinx to his mouth with both hands. His face is flaked off. He wears a large cloak and covers his body in a wide swirl. The figure on the right is a drummer shown in profile. The head is destroyed as are parts of his right arm and his right leg.
Dimensions
  • Height: 0.30m
  • Length: 0.175m
Credit line
Given by Imre Schwaiger, Esq., through the Art Fund
Object history
Given by I. Schwaiger
Production
Swat Valley, Gandhara.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ackermann, Hans Christoph. Narrative Stone Reliefs from Gandhara in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Catalogue and Attempt at a Stylistic History. Reports and Memoirs. Director of the Series Giuseppe Tucci. Volume XVII. IsMEO, Rome, 1975. p. 97, pl. XXXIIa
Collection
Accession number
IM.197-1913

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Record createdNovember 27, 2003
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