Standing figure of a naga, or serpent deity
Details
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Title
Standing figure of a naga, or serpent deity
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Associated place
Mathura (place of creation) -
Date
1st - 3rd century AD (AD 1 - 300)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600) -
Material and technique
mottled red sandstone
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
17.3 x 10.9 x 4.4 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1939.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAOS.28
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Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 94
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