Head of noble worshipper

Details

• Title

  Head of noble worshipper

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

  Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Taxila (place of creation)

• Date

  1st - 3rd century AD (AD 1 - 300)

• Material and technique

  stucco, with traces of black pigment on eyebrows, lids and pupils, traces of red pigmenton lips, under the eyes and around the base of the headdress

• Object type

  sculpture › figure;

  sculpture;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  11 x 8 x 7.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Sir C. Leonard Woolley through The Art Fund, 1960.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1960.159

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