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6th–8th century · Bronze · Asian Art

Decorating the side of this basin is a frieze depicting two dragons attacking a boy. The youth holds a flower to his nose and clutches the horn of an antelope. The dragons are composite animals with segmented bodies and are related to similar creatures represented on post-Sasanian metalwork from the Oxus River basin of northern Afghanistan.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th–8th century

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Afghanistan or Central Asia

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1987