Relief fragment of a seated Atlas figure

Details

• Title

  Relief fragment of a seated Atlas figure

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

  Asia › Gandhara (possible; Jamalgarhi) (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd - 3rd century AD (AD 101 - 300)

• Material and technique

  grey schist, carved

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › schist

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  sculpture › figure;

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  19 x 17 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by John and Fausta Eskenazi, 2015.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2015.411

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