The art and architecture of India - Buddhist, Hindu, Jain (Art Ebook)

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gi. Ear pendant from Taxila.
Taxila, Archaeological Museum
92. Silver anklets from Taxila.
Taxila, Archaeological Museum
the example illustrated [91] is ornamented with
a tiny female bust set in a lotus rosette. From a
beaded circlet hangs a trefoil pendant in granulated
gold filigree. The massive silver anklets
[92] are of a type often represented among the
ornaments of the Kushan yakshis of Mathura
[100].
Among the minor finds at Taxila and elsewhere
in north-western Pakistan are numerous
steatite dishes, usually described as toilet trays.
The subjects carved on these little bowls are
almost all Classical. The earliest specimens are
usually associated with the Saka-Parthian Period
(first century B.C.) and are related to similar
objects found in Egypt. 32 In the example illustrated
[93], it will be noted that the Diana and
Actaeon are carved nearly in the full round, as
in the reliefs of the Sarnath capital [21].
93. Steatite dish with Diana and Actaeon
from Gandhara.
London, British Museum
One of the prime examples in the art of
Gandhara of the rather uneasy merging of
Indian religious themes and the motifs and