Cosmetic Dish
Cosmetic Dish is divided more typically into three compartments. The upper portion shows a carving of a man and woman. She rests her right arm along his shoulders, while he makes a conversational gesture with his right hand. Buchthal has shown how this arrangement is a close copy of a husband and wife on the lid of a a Roman sarcophagus. A lotus pattern fills the two lower compartments, and is repeated on the reverse.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Schist |
| Brief description | Cosmetic dish, schist, Gandhara, 2nd century, north west Pakistan |
| Physical description | Cosmetic Dish is divided more typically into three compartments. The upper portion shows a carving of a man and woman. She rests her right arm along his shoulders, while he makes a conversational gesture with his right hand. Buchthal has shown how this arrangement is a close copy of a husband and wife on the lid of a a Roman sarcophagus. A lotus pattern fills the two lower compartments, and is repeated on the reverse. |
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| Object history | Bought from Maj Genl. H.L.Haughton, C.B., C.I.E., C.B.E, 1948 |
| Bibliographic reference | Haworth-Booth, Mark; Indian Sculpture: A Travelling Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971
No. 61 |
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| Accession number | IS.61-1948 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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