male head
Sculpture
4th century -5th Century (made)
4th century -5th Century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Male head, probably a monk. The figure wears a headcloth which passes under the chin. The face is heavily wrinkled, and there are traces of red paint.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | male head (Generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lime composition |
| Brief description | Male head, lime composition, 4th/5th century, Gandhara.. |
| Physical description | Male head, probably a monk. The figure wears a headcloth which passes under the chin. The face is heavily wrinkled, and there are traces of red paint. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | One of a collection of objects excavated by Captain John Hay , I.S.313-335-1951, who supplied a note on the location retained in the Museum's registered papers of the several sites he dug whence came this collection. However, there are not specific locations for the individual objects. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Commemorative catalogue of the R.A. Indian Exhibition, 1947/8 No.142.
J.C.Harle, "The Significance of wrapped heads in Indian Sculpture", offprint from South Asian Archaelogy, 1979: Papers from the fifth International conference of the Association of South Asian Archaelogists in Western Europe held in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, edited by H.Harler (fig.1). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.314-1951 |
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| Record created | June 13, 2002 |
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