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  • Terracotta female figure (side)
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Terracotta female figure

  • Description

    Such hand-modelled figures with pinch noses, split pellet eyes and full buttocks were common in the Peshawar region and much further afield.

  • Details

    Associated place
    Date
    2nd century BC - 2nd century AD (200 BC - AD 200)
    Material and technique
    terracotta, modelled
    Dimensions
    15.8 x 5.5 x 3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by E. M. Scratton, 1958.
    Accession no.
    EA1958.3

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600

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