Bodhisattva
Head
Terracotta head of a Bodhisattva with down-cast eyes, an impression of an urna between his eyebrows and a wavy moustache. He wears a turban with a large central cockade and jewelled pendant.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Bodhisattva (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Bodhisattva; Sculpture, terracotta. |
| Physical description | Terracotta head of a Bodhisattva with down-cast eyes, an impression of an urna between his eyebrows and a wavy moustache. He wears a turban with a large central cockade and jewelled pendant. |
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| Object history | Said probably to have come from Rokri near Mianwalli, Punjab. This object together with IM 6-8 and 10-1927 were purchased from Mrs E Massy who wrote in a letter of 3rd Febuary 19127 '...They were discovered in the neighbourhood of the River Indus, in the vicinity of the saltmines, somewhere between Attock and Kalabugh. They were given by an Official of the Saltmines to Col. Massy, I.M.S. |
| Bibliographic reference | Haworth-Booth, Mark; Indian Sculpture: A Travelling Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971
No. 37 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.9-1927 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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