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Jul 13, 2012

Ladies at Toilette

c. AD 50–200

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

(c. 80-320)

Ivory

Overall: 7.2 x 5.3 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.104

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not on view

Description

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.

Provenance

?–1974

Frederick M. Mayer [1899–1974], New York, NY, by descent to his son, Robert J. Mayer

1974–?

Robert J. Mayer

?–1985

(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1985–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Reproduced: cat. no. 47B, p. 119

Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (1986): 26-71. Mentioned: no. 198, pp. 35 and 70; Reproduced: no. 198, p. 39 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 2013-May 12, 2014).

Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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Ladies at Toilette

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Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

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