Cosmetic Dish
Ornamented in its upper portion with a figure siding a sea monster. The lower dish portion is well under half the full are of the object. The reverse is plain. Gandhara region, exact provenance unknown, 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Dark serpentine. |
| Brief description | Domestic, schist, Gandhara |
| Physical description | Ornamented in its upper portion with a figure siding a sea monster. The lower dish portion is well under half the full are of the object. The reverse is plain. Gandhara region, exact provenance unknown, 1st or 2nd 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.59-1948 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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