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palette
;
toilet-vessel
Object Type
palette
toilet-vessel
Museum number
1898,1027.1
Description
A palette or 'toilet tray' decorated inside the dish area with a person riding a hippocamp.
School/style
Gandhara School
Cultures/periods
Kushan
Production date
1stC-2ndC
Production place
Made in:
Gandhara (Pakistan)
Made in:
Pakistan
(?)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Pakistan
Materials
schist
Technique
carved
turned
Dimensions
Diameter:
10.70 centimetres
Height:
2 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Francfort 1979 / Les Palettes du Gandhara
(Cat. no. 23)
Tokyo National Museum 2003a / Alexander the Great: East-West Cultural Contacts from Greece to Japan
(p.124, cat 121)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: Exhibition: "Alexander the Great: East-West Cultural Contacts from Greece to Japan", Tokyo National Museum, 5 Aug-5 Oct 2003; Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, 18 Oct-21 Dec 2003
Acquisition date
1898
Department
Asia
Registration number
1898,1027.1