Lion Bust Fragment

India, Gandhara

About 350

  • Titles Lion Bust Fragment (Descriptive)
  • Artist Gandhara, Pakistan or Afghanistan, 1st century BC - 11th century
  • Medium sandstone
  • Dimensions sculpture: 14 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (36.8 × 18.4 × 15.9 cm) mount: 3 × 7 × 5 in. (7.6 × 17.8 × 12.7 cm) sculpture with base: 18 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (46.4 × 18.4 × 15.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift from the Asian Art Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price, 2001.60
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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