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Jul 13, 2012
Ladies Entertained by Dancers
Ladies Entertained by Dancers
AD 1–200
Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period
(AD 1–320)
Ivory
Overall: 7.5 x 17 cm (2 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.103
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This ivory carving was made to sheath wooden furniture made in India for trade along the Silk Road, which stretched from Rome to China. Indian ivory-faced furnishings--along with lacquer boxes from China and painted glass from Rome--were found in an extraordinary deposit of luxury goods at a site called Begram. The wood on which the ivory and lacquer were affixed has long disintegrated, and only the small pieces remain.
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