Cornice
1st century (made)
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Two fragments of a projecting cornice. The smaller piece is decorated from the left with a foliated motif of four pipal leaves radiating from a central knob, the top half of an upright acanthus leaf and the bust of a woman raising a bowl in her right hand to her mouth. The larger piece is decorated, from the left, with the bust of a woman in profile facing right holding up a drinking vessel to her mouth in her left hand. Her head and shoulders are covered with her tutorial upright acanthus leaves curving in a mirror image of each other are carved next, separated by a vignette of two birds perched on the rim of a bowl.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved grey schist |
| Brief description | Fragments of a carved cornice,1st Century AD, grey schist, Swat Valley |
| Physical description | Two fragments of a projecting cornice. The smaller piece is decorated from the left with a foliated motif of four pipal leaves radiating from a central knob, the top half of an upright acanthus leaf and the bust of a woman raising a bowl in her right hand to her mouth. The larger piece is decorated, from the left, with the bust of a woman in profile facing right holding up a drinking vessel to her mouth in her left hand. Her head and shoulders are covered with her tutorial upright acanthus leaves curving in a mirror image of each other are carved next, separated by a vignette of two birds perched on the rim of a bowl. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Barger and Wright |
| Object history | Acquired from Evert Barger, Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bristol and Philip Wright, V&A Museum, as part of the collection of finds excavated during their expedition to the Swat valley in 1938. These pieces were Nos 62 and 63 in Barger's lists. |
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| 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. 49, pl. I d |
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| Accession number | IM.89-1939 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2004 |
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