Stupa supported by winged lions
On displayDetails
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Title
Stupa supported by winged lions
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Associated place
Gandhara (place of creation) -
Date
1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600) -
Material and technique
gilt bronze
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Object type
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Dimensions
with tenon 14.5 x 8.3 x 8 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Neil Kreitman Foundation, to commemorate the Keepership of Dr J. C. Harle, 1993.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1993.8
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Further reading
Jongeward, David, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), no. 2 on p. 24
Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 43/4, (Winter 1997-1998), p. 28, illus. p. 25 fig. 5
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