Female figure (fragment)

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 2185
Type: terracotta; statuette
Date of production:
3rd c. BC
Kushan period
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: clay
Techniques: hand shaped
Dimensions: height: 12.8 cm
width: 7 cm
depth: 2.4 cm
tömeg: 0.1 kg
Towering hair ornament, hair falling off at the sides, naked breasts and left arm. A veil extends from her right shoulder toward her left hip. Her right leg crossed in front of her left, legs broken off below the knee. In her right hand, raised to shoulder height, is a bird. She has a double string of beads around her neck, breasts and upper left arm, a beaded hoop in her nose, a double round beaded pendant in her ears, bangles on her arms.
Red terracotta.