Gandharan, terracotta female figure. The figure has incised lines depicting features. There are also remnants of black paint on the front and back.
An intact human female figurine of Sar Dheri Type. It exhibits the usual fused legs decorated with horizontal incisions, an incised belt at the hips, clearly delineated pubic area, punched-hole small appliqué breasts and a black painted crossbelt on front and back. The neck decoration consists of the usual high, thick necklace. The eyes are large slit appliqué pellets, the nose a long pinched appendage. The coiffure is decorated above the brow with a pointed lobed crown, adorned with incised lines. The buttocks are prominent and project significantly beyond the ‘line’ of the back of the figure. This item is the best preserved of the Sar Dheri figurines in the Gordon collection. Marked on the leg with ‘UT’ (probably an abbreviation for an archaeological deposit somewhere in the vicinity of Utmanzai, a town some 7 km from Charsadda, a site very likely now lost). Archaeological context: presumably unstratified and from a surface collection. Early Historic Period, circa 1st century BCE. Given by Col. D H Gordon (1952/3).
