Marine Deity (Triton or Ichthyocentaur), ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region Gandhara (Swat Valley?), Serpentinite, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture and the Stair Riser with Marine Deities are part of a set of twenty-one panels that embellished the stairway of a stupa, likely on the western end of the Swat Valley. The treatment of the anatomy of these athletic men is interesting in terms of both the naturalism and schematization of the musculature
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Marine Deity, Triton, Ichthyocentaur, ca, 1st century, Pakistan, ancient region Gandhara, Swat Valley?, Serpentinite, H, 7 3/4, 19.7 cm, W, 10, 25.4, Sculpture, sculpture, Stair Riser, Deities, part, set, twenty, panels, embellished, stairway, stupa, western, Valley, treatment, anatomy, athletic men, interesting, terms, naturalism, schematization, musculature
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