GANDHARA, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C. - EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A silver cup
Gandhara, circa late 1st century B.C. - early 1st century A.D.
With carinated ribbed walls, the upper portion cylindrical, the lower ovoid, with a separately made footed base, a slightly flared rim with three parallel lines incised on the inside and an extensive pointillé inscription in Karoshti on the exterior
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
203.2 g

Provenance

Private Collection, England, prior to 1979

Literature

F. Baratte, East and West: A Central Asian Silver Hoard from the Parthian Era, 2002, p. 38, 59, fig. 22

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Lot Essay

This cup type is illustrated on Gandharan reliefs from Buner, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II, 2003, p. 186, fig. 535. This type was also found in Taxila, see J. Marshall, Taxila: An Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations, vol. III, 1951, pl. 183, no. 273. For a another example, see K. Tanabe, Gandharan Art from the Hirayama Collection, 2007, p. 237, fig. VI-63. fig. VI-63.
The Karoshti inscription on the present example reads anamtasena-putrasa dhraasenasa sa 10 1 1, which means "[Property] of Dhraasena, son of Anantasena, sadera 12."

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