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1903.11.0216 :: fragment

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"Fragment of neck of big vessel with appliqué moulded relief representing Gandharva." Montell 1936.

"One fairly frequently recurring type of comparatively large and vigourously executed reliefs is usually identified as representations of Gandharva... They represent female beings seated on lotus thrones and holding heavy garlands, their arms raised. Only the upper portion of the body of the figure is visible... These reliefs formed part of the decoration belonging to clay vessels of considerable size and provided with three handles. As is evident from the fragments in Sven Hedin´s collections as well as from Stein´s finds, the material in these vessels must have been of unusual thickness. The figures rise in strong relief from the neck, which is decorated in the usual manner with impressed circles and lines. In addition these are the small and thin reliefs representing musicians etc.,.." Montell 1936, p. 164-65./Is

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