Head of an ascetic

Details

• Title

  Head of an ascetic

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

• Date

  4th - 5th century (AD 301 - 500)

• Material and technique

  stucco, with faint traces of red pigment on hair and ear

• Object type

  sculpture › figure;

  sculpture;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  8.6 x 7 x 7.3 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Sir C. Leonard Woolley through The Art Fund, 1960.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1960.158

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