Plaque depicting Nana on a lion
Details
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Title
Plaque depicting Nana on a lion
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Associated place
Afghanistan (place of creation) -
Date
1st - 3rd century AD (AD 1 - 300) -
Material and technique
bone; vertical groove down the back was possibly for original joinery purposes
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Object type
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Dimensions
7 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1997.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1997.255
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Further reading
Jongeward, David, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), no. 144 on p. 176
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