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Ladies at Toilette

c. 50–200 CE

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

Medium
ivory
Measurements
Overall: 7.2 x 5.3 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.104
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This ivory carving was made to sheath wooden furniture made in India for trade along the Silk Road, which stretched from Rome to China. One lady adjusts the coiffure of another; a wicker stool is between them. Indian ivory-faced furnishings—along with lacquer boxes from China and painted glass from Rome—were found in an extraordinary deposit of luxury goods at a site called Begram.
A vertically oriented cream-colored ivory carving fragment depicts a woman with her hair in a side-bun, wearing armbands and a wide collar. She sits to the left of a textured, basket-like form while a second figure leans over her from the right, holding an object. The sculpture is broken along the base and edges, with dark brown discoloration in the carved recesses. Gaps are carved between the figures.

Ladies at Toilette

c. 50–200 CE

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

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