Frieze fragment depicting a female attendant among acanthus leaves

Details

• Title

  Frieze fragment depicting a female attendant among acanthus leaves

• Associated place

  Asia › Afghanistan › Bactria (place of creation)

• Date

  1st century AD (AD 1 - 100)

• Material and technique

  limestone

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › limestone

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  architecture › frieze;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  13 x 10 x 5.7 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1997.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1997.206

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