Relief fragment depicting a female dancer beneath a tree

Details

• Title

  Relief fragment depicting a female dancer beneath a tree

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › Afghanistan › Nangarhar › Jalalabad (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  2nd - 3rd century AD (AD 101 - 300)
  Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)

• Material and technique

  grey schist

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › schist

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  architecture › relief;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  with mount 20.5 x 8.5 x 5.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  19 x 8.5 x 5.3 cm max. (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.

  EA1997.4

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