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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Bowl or ladle with horse's head
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Pakistan › Ishkuman Valley › Imit (find spot)
- Date
- 4th - 2nd century BC (400 - 101 BC)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 14.5 x 11.8 cm (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
- Presented by the Estate of Sir Aurel Stein, 1963.
- Accession no.
- EA1976.122
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Further reading
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), p. 5
Stein, Aurel, ‘Archaeological Notes from the Hindukush Region’, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1/April, (April 1944), pp. 15-16, pl. III a
Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 6 October-13 December 1992, The Crossroads of Asia: Transformation in Image and Symbol in the Art of Ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan, Elizabeth Errington, Joe Cribb, and Maggie Claringbull, eds, 90 (Cambridge: Ancient India and Iran Trust, 1992), No.90
Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 2 April-16 July 1995, Buddha in Indien: Die frühindische Skulptur von König Asoka bis zur Guptazeit, Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter, ed. (Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum and Milan: Skira, 1995), no. 7 on p. 64, illus. p. 64 fig. 7
Litvinsky, B. A., Copper Cauldrons from the Indian Subcontinent and Pamirs: The Ancient Connection of the Two Regions
Location
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- currently in research collection
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