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Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Box lids are a rare Gandharan example of non-religious art. The animal surrounded by swirling foliage is a motif originally found in north India. Such luxury objects moved readily along the trade routes to Afghanistan and Central Asia and are the clear source for images such as the goose with foliate tale from the Khotan site of Pialma (see 30.32.8).
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Title: Box Lid with a Bull
Date: 5th–6th century
Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Medium: Phyllitic brown schist
Dimensions: Gr. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
Object Number: 1987.142.120
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