Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Fragment

3rd century BC - 1st century AD (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Part of a head with pinched out nose, applied and incised eyes and mouth. Projecting cone on top of the head.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Terra-cotta
Brief description
head; Sculpture, terracotta, Sari Dheri, C3 BC-C1 AD
Physical description
Part of a head with pinched out nose, applied and incised eyes and mouth. Projecting cone on top of the head.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.3cm
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed from the D.H. Gordon collection, 1961.
Object history
Gordon Bequest, 1961
Production
Found at Sari Dheri, Swat valley
Collection
Accession number
IS.164-1961

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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