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Shard

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The shard, by an unknown artist, is a fragment of an orange-brown ceramic object with darker brown designs. The shard is roughly diamond-shaped with one side being the straight edge of the original object, and the other three sides are broken. The design features curved lines and shapes. The background of the image is a plain gray surface.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 4th–5th century
Medium:
Painted terracotta
Culture:
Pakistan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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