Period:Unknown Production date:2ndC-3rdC (circa)
Materials:fired clay
Technique:
Dimensions:Length: 3.30 centimetres
Description:
Fragment of a statuette made of reddish-brown clay. Part of a human face with about 2/3 of the nose, a moustache and part of the mouth still visible.
IMG
Comments:”C.004. Fragment of grotesque face, showing about 3/4 of nose, portion of mouth and strongly recurving moustache (cf. Y.0018, B.001.a). The nose is much exaggerated in length, but otherwise well modelled. Face evidently made in a mould, and seems to be surfaced with a finer clay than the inner substance. Height 1 1/4 inch x 1 inch. See Plate XLIV.” [Stein, Ancient Khotan (1907), p. 235]
Materials:fired clay
Technique:
Dimensions:Length: 3.30 centimetres
Description:
Fragment of a statuette made of reddish-brown clay. Part of a human face with about 2/3 of the nose, a moustache and part of the mouth still visible.
IMG
Comments:”C.004. Fragment of grotesque face, showing about 3/4 of nose, portion of mouth and strongly recurving moustache (cf. Y.0018, B.001.a). The nose is much exaggerated in length, but otherwise well modelled. Face evidently made in a mould, and seems to be surfaced with a finer clay than the inner substance. Height 1 1/4 inch x 1 inch. See Plate XLIV.” [Stein, Ancient Khotan (1907), p. 235]
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