Lidded relic-box from a reliquary

Details

• Title

  Lidded relic-box from a reliquary

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd - 4th century AD (AD 101 - 400)

• Material and technique

  silver

• Material index

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  struck

• Object type

  container › box › relic-box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  1.15 cm (height)
  1.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1978.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.127.d

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