Mother and child (fragment)

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 2186
Type: terracotta; statuette
Date of production:
4th c. BC
Kushan period
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: clay
Techniques: hand shaped
Dimensions: height: 5.8 cm
width: 4.3 cm
depth: 2 cm
tömeg: 0.1 kg
Upper half of a female figure, broken off at waist. Naked breasts and abdomen, three-row necklace, two-row pearl chain on the head, with an ornament hanging down to the forehead, double earrings, traces of hoops on the nose. A veil falls from the top of the head to the back and right shoulder. She holds it with her right hand, on which she is wearing a bracelet. The child sits on his mother's left hip, visible to the base of his thigh. Around his neck are multiple garlands of pearls.
Red terracotta with traces of painting.