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Standing Woman
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About this work
This ivory carving was made In India as a facing for wooden furniture, which disintegrated, leaving only the ivory veneers. Most of the imagery is life-affirming and auspicious, as seen in the image of a young woman. Indian ivory-faced furnishings--along with lacquer boxes from China and painted glass from Rome--were found in an extraordinary deposit of luxury goods at a site called Begram.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStanding Woman, c. 50–200 CE. Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period. Ivory; overall: 8 x 3.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.105
