Cosmetic Dish
Cosmetic dish with a normal three compartment type, and has in its upper section a very common motif of a couple with derinking cups; both this and the lower compartments are filled-in with lotus petals. There is a large schematic lotus design on the reverse. Gandhara region, exact provenance unknown, 1st or 2nsd century A.D.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Schist |
| Brief description | Domestic, schist, Gandhara |
| Physical description | Cosmetic dish with a normal three compartment type, and has in its upper section a very common motif of a couple with derinking cups; both this and the lower compartments are filled-in with lotus petals. There is a large schematic lotus design on the reverse. Gandhara region, exact provenance unknown, 1st or 2nsd century A.D. |
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| Object history | Bought from Maj. Genl. H.L.Haughton, C.B., C.I.E. C.B.E., 1948 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.66-1948 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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