Plaque with elephant-headed warriors

Details

• Title

  Plaque with elephant-headed warriors

• Associated place

  Asia › South-east Asia › Burma › Pegu (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1479

• Material and technique

  terracotta, modelled and incised, decorated with green and brown glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › terracotta

• Technique index

  formed › modelled;

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › plaque;

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  religious/ritual equipment

• Dimensions

  48.7 x 37.2 x 4.8 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Cyril Newman, 1965.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 32 | India from AD 600

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1965.256

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