Statuette
29-67-1
From: Pakistan | Kurram Valley | Taxila
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-67-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Buddhist | Greco-Buddhist |
| Provenience | Pakistan | Kurram Valley | Taxila |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stucco | Slate |
| Technique | Stucco |
| Iconography | Head |
| Description | A charming little head of stucco, from Taxila, with delicate refined features beautifully modelled and a shock of curly hair bound by a fillet. The Greek influence is unmistakable but the edges of the eyelids are sharp as in the Gandhara School. Four curly locks of hair across the forehead escaping from beneath the fillet. |
| Height | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1922 |
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