Small statuette, Bactria, max. h 14 cm, chlorite and calcite, 3rd millennium BC.

Bactrian statuettes

Material: Gemas/Perlas Piedras | Type: Esculturas/Relieves | Countries: Afganistán

  • Period

    Pre-Islamic

  • Red List

    Lista Roja – Afghanistan

Category

Bactrian statuettes
These composite statuettes made of chlorite and calcite (usually with an exceedingly small head and elaborate dress) are said to come from a very broad area covering northern Afghanistan, but also eastern Iran, and southern Turkmenistan. Size: maximum 14 cm high.