Miniature Stone Reliquary or Toilette Casket
AD 1–100
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Miniature Stone Reliquary or Toilette Casket, AD 1–100. Pakistan, Gandhara, probably Sirkap, early Kushan Period (AD 1-320). Gray schist; diameter: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1977.64.a The knob of the lid is gilded, as is the interior of the casket.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- gray schist
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1977.64.a
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom
- Exhibitions
- Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 242A Ancient India
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