Gold casket

Details

• Title

  Gold casket

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

• Date

  1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200)

• Material and technique

  sheet gold

• Object type

  container › casket;

  religious/ritual equipment › reliquary

• Dimensions

  1.4 cm (height)
  1.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Professor Samuel Eilenberg, 1994.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1994.40

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