Relief depicting The Dream of Queen Maya

Details

• Title

  Relief depicting The Dream of Queen Maya

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

  Asia › Gandhara › Swat (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200)
  Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)

• Material and technique

  grey schist

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › schist

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment;

  architecture › relief

• Dimensions

  28.2 x 59 x 5.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Jeremy and Helen Knowles, in memory of Anthony Gardner, 1997.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1997.198

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