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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Mirror handle with a figure of a yaksha, or nature spirit
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)Asia › India › north India › Uttar Pradesh › Kaushambi district (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 1st century BC - 1st century AD (100 BC - AD 100)
- Material and technique
- bone
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 3.4 x 2 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1991.
- Accession no.
- EA1991.54
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Further reading
Harle, J. C., ‘Revisions and Previsions: Indian Sculpture 1970-1995’, Raymond Allchin and Bridget Allchin, eds, South Asian Archaeology 1995: Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, Cambridge, 5-9 July 1995, 2 vols (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishing, 1997)
Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 88
Glossary
yaksha
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yaksha
A semi-divine male nature spirit.
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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