Palette with Nereids, or sea nymphs, riding ketoi, or sea monsters

Details

• Title

  Palette with Nereids, or sea nymphs, riding ketoi, or sea monsters

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

• Date

  1st century BC - 1st century AD (100 BC - AD 100)
  Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)

• Material and technique

  grey schist

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › schist

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › palette › cosmetic-palette;

  religious/ritual equipment

• Dimensions

  1.8 cm (height)
  13.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1996.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1996.82

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