Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Room 12 | India 2500 BC-AD 600 gallery

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Female figure with heavy anklets

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Afghanistan (possible place of creation)
    AsiaIndia north India (possible place of creation)
    Date
    1st century BC - 1st century AD (100 BC - AD 100)
    Material and technique
    bronze
    Dimensions
    10.6 x 5 x 3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    Technique index
    formed cast
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2000.
    Accession no.
    EA2000.41
  • Further reading

    Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 58

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600

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