Musician

Unknown (Gandharan)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1st century BCE
Height:
30.0 cm  (11 13/16 in.)
Width:
20.0 cm  (7 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
schist
Place of creation:
Gandhara (former nation/state/empire)

    Item location

  • Museo d'Arte Orientale (Torino)

Description

A naked half-length figure of man with moustache and a stole on his head plays an unidentified string instrument.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Stringed instruments [3101]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. Iconografia musicale nei musei torinesi (Lucca: LIM, 2003) 7.

RIdIM record id

3154