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Mould for a plaque with a bejewelled goddess or yakshi (nature spirit) with female attendant
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › east India › West Bengal › Chandraketugarh (probable place of creation)
- Date
- late 2nd century - early 1st century BC
- Material and technique
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- 23.2 x 24 x 4 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1993.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.35
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Further reading
Penny, Nicholas, The Materials of Sculpture (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993), illus. p. 168
Bautze, Joachim Karl, Early Indian Terracottas, Iconography of Religions: Section 13: Indian Religions, 17 (Leiden: Brill, 1995), pl. III (b)
Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 135
Glossary
yakshi
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yakshi
A semi-divine female 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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