The taming of the elephant: the Buddha, standing frontally, smiling, touches with the right hand the crowned head of an elephant getting out of a city door and holding an elongated object with the trunk. Traces of three further character are preserved.
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Description
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| Type |
sculpture :: relief (classification) :: panel |
| Name |
10 |
| Provenance |
Jamālgarhi (archaeological site) |
| Current Location |
Kolkata, Indian Museum (museum) |
| Cultural Affiliation |
religious : Buddhist |
| Inventory Number (museum) |
G66/A 23279 |
| Material |
schist (stone) |
| Chronology |
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| Period |
Gandharan |
| Date earliest/latest |
1 / 300
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| Techniques | |
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| # 1 | relief |
| Dimensions |
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| Height | 0.18 |
| Width | 0.20 |
| Thickness | 0.07 |
| Preservation details |
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| Overall state | bad |
| Restored | no |
| Notes on preservation | Incomplete: broken on the right side; chipped; of the three characters attending the scene two are headless, of the third only the right arm is partially preserved. |
