Room 12 | India 2500 BC-AD 600 gallery
Explore the early development of Indian art, from the artefacts of the Indus Valley to the Hindu and Buddhist sculpture of north India and Gandhara.
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Haft with addorsed figures of the young Buddha
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Afghanistan (possible place of creation)Asia › India › north-west India (place of creation)
- Date
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2nd century AD (AD 101 - 200)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)
- Associated people
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the Buddha (active c. 560 BC - c. 486 BC) (subject)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 9.6 x 2 x 1.4 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1993.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.23
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Further reading
Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Museum Acquisitions and Notes’, ed. Carol Altman Bromberg and Prods Oktor Skjærvø, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 10, (1998), cat. 8, 276
Location
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Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600
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Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600
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