Fragmentary figure of a mourner
On display
This expressive grieving figure may be a mourner from a scene of the death of the Buddha (Mahaparinirvana).
Details
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Title
Fragmentary figure of a mourner
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Associated place
Gandhara (place of creation) -
Date
2nd - 3rd century AD (AD 101 - 300)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600) -
Material and technique
schist
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
with mount 14.5 x 11 x 7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
11 x 11 x 7 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1999.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1999.33
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Further reading
Jongeward, David, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), no. 21 on p. 50
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