Rondel with the Goddess Hariti, ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Silver with gold foil, Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Metalwork, The goddess Hariti is shown nursing a child and sitting on a throne flanked by lotuses and surmounted by auspicious geese (hamsa), the Buddha’s messengers. Stylistically this roundel can be related to first-century finds from the Taxila city of Sirkap, a dating that would make it one of the earliest known representations of Hariti
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Rondel, Goddess Hariti, ca, 1st century, Pakistan, ancient region, Gandhara, Silver, gold foil, Diam, 3 1/2, 8.9 cm, Metalwork, goddess, Hariti, shown nursing, child, sitting, throne flanked, lotuses, surmounted, auspicious geese, hamsa, Buddha, messengers, Stylistically, roundel, related, first-century finds, Taxila city, Sirkap, dating, earliest, representations
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