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Standing Woman

c. 50–200 CE

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

Medium
ivory
Measurements
Overall: 8 x 3.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.105
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This ivory carving was made In India as a facing for wooden furniture, which disintegrated, leaving only the ivory veneers. Most of the imagery is life-affirming and auspicious, as seen in the image of a young woman. 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 cream, rough-textured ivory sculpture fragment depicts a woman with her left arm and lower body broken away. Her head tilts toward her left with hair gathered in a bun. Her right arm bends at the elbow, hand resting near her shoulder. The weathered figure features a single rounded breast and deep cracks across the torso. Brown staining highlights the aged, porous surface of the material.

Standing Woman

c. 50–200 CE

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

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