| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
G R Sharma Memorial Museum, Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | UM-GRM-UP-84617 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Terracotta female Figurine with an oval face |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Figurine - मूर्ति |
| Dynasty /वंश | Maurya - मौर्य |
| Period / तारीख/युग | C. 3rd - 2nd Cent. BCE |
| Style / शैली | Maurya - मौर्य |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Kaushambi |
| Material / सामग्री | clay - मिट्टी / मृदा |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Ground Floor of the Museum |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | 7.7 |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | 2.0 |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | 4.0 |
| Weight(gm) / भार | |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | Female figurines with an oval face, a broad stumpy flat nose, a rudimentary chin, an inconspicuous receding forehead and joined but clearly-marked eyebrows. Facial expression bears general resemblance to figurines of the early Indian sculptures from Bharhut and Sanchi. Decoration and ornamentations of the figurines, which has a marked similarity with the figures described with a chain of stamped eleven pointed rosaces, representating, as Johnston points out, stars or flowers. The hair is so arranged as to give the impression of an arch consisting of brackets the more prominent being the central one directly on the forehead. The hair above the forehead is decorated by three strings of beads laid in a triangular fashion across the forehead. The three strings culminate on each side just above the temple in six pointed rosaces. One both sides of the head there are two turban-like rolls, the right one being partly mutilated, the left one is decorated by two eleven pointed rosaces. Stuck into the roll are five emblems, the bottom most of which is certainly an axe, the next two of which may be vajra, the identity of the fourth of which is uncertain and the fifth and topmost of which may be dhvaja. |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | |
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