Statuette

29-64-23

From: India | Mathura

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-64-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Mathura
Date Made 1st Century - 2nd Century
Section Asian
Materials Red Sandstone
Technique Gessoed | Carved
Iconography Head | Male
Description

Detached head of mottled red Mathura sandstone with traces of gesso over the face and hair. Plain head with hair parted in middle and drawn diagonally back; large ears. Evidence of a flat halo behind the head.

Height 10.2 cm
Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918
Other Number #20 - Other Number | 23 - Other Number

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