Elephant (fragment)

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 2181
Type: terracotta; statuette
Date of production:
4th c. BC
Maurya period
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: clay
Techniques: hand shaped
Dimensions: height: 6.9 cm
width: 4.6 cm
depth: 2.8 cm
Elephant figure, heavily worn, its trunk is missing. The two front legs and the two hind legs were each shaped from a piece of block.
Red terracotta.