Fragment of a model torana, or gateway to a stupa
On displayDetails
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Title
Fragment of a model torana, or gateway to a stupa
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Associated place
Afghanistan (possible) (possible place of creation)Gandhara (possible) (possible place of creation) -
Date
1st century AD (AD 1 - 100)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600) -
Material and technique
ivory, carved
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
3.4 x 4.3 x 0.5 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Samuel Eilenberg, 1994.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1994.39
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Further reading
Branfoot, Crispin, ‘Pilgrimage in South Asia: Crossing Boundaries of Space and Faith’, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 64, illus. p. 65 fig. 64
Jongeward, David, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), no. 1 on p. 23