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Room 12 | India 2500 BC-AD 600 gallery

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Relief depicting The Dream of Queen Maya

  • Description

    In this relief, within the royal palace Queen Maya, mother-to-be of the Buddha, dreams of a white elephant (here damaged) which descends from heaven and enters her right side.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)
    Asia › Gandhara › Swat (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1st century AD (AD 1 - 100)
    Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)
    Material and technique
    schist
    Dimensions
    28.2 x 59 x 5.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    inorganic › stone › schist
    Technique index
    formed › carved,
    carved
    Object type index
    architecture › relief,
    religious/ritual equipment,
    sculpture › relief
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Jeremy and Helen Knowles, in memory of Anthony Gardner, 1997.
    Accession no.
    EA1997.198

  • Further reading

    Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 43/4, (Winter 1997-1998), p. 28, illus. p. 24 fig. 4

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600

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