Bas Relief
Carving (uncertain)
29-64-240
From: Gandhara
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-64-240 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Gandhara |
| Date Made | 1st Century-2nd Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Slate |
| Technique | Bas Relief | Carved |
| Iconography | Atlas? | Winged Figure |
| Description | Micaceous slate bas relief of 'Atlas' figure in a frame. Alexander Scott says 'Winged god or Yaskha, a characteristic specimen of early Buddhistic temple decoration, enclosed viz. sank in a filleted frame, with dog-tooth pattern in one side of stone.' |
| Height | 16.5 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918 |
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