Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Fragment of a jeweller's mould with animals and birds in relief

  • Details

    Associated place
    Kaushambi district (Kaushambi) (place of creation)
    Date
    3rd century BC (300 - 201 BC)
    Material and technique
    reddish-mauve soapstone
    Dimensions
    4.6 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1996.
    Accession no.
    EA1996.74
  • Further reading

    Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 73

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600

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