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Shard: Neckpiece with Female Offerer and Crosshatched Ornamentation

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragment of a ceramic piece with a woman and a rabbit. The ceramic piece is broken into a curved fragment resembling a semicircle. The material is clay-colored terracotta with black designs. A woman and a rabbit are depicted. The woman to the left faces right. She has short dark hair, her right arm bent at the elbow and her hand on her hip. She wears a long tunic with a horizontal striped pattern. To the right of the woman is a rabbit facing left. The rabbit has large rounded ears. The background behind the figures consists of a crosshatched pattern on the right and horizontal lines on the left. The base of the piece features a series of horizontal lines. The background of the image is a tan surface with thin darker stripes, providing a contrast that highlights the piece. Shard: Neckpiece with Female Offerer and Crosshatched Ornamentation by Unknown.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 4th–5th century
Medium
Painted terracotta
Culture
Pakistan
Dimensions
599 × 405 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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