Musée Guimet:: Afghanistan: Begram, Paitava, Karratcha

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The selection here from Begram, just north of Kabul, is of particular iterest, since the city was a significant center in the Kushan Empire and the excavations yielded a rich array of objects, among which the glass and ivories were of particular interest.

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Cauuldron.
Begram. 1st c. CE. Bronze.
Inv. no.: MG 21193.
Aquarium, detail.
Begram. Site 2, chamber 10. Bronze, with lead and silver around border.
Inv. no.: MG 22878.
Flasks.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 13. 1st c. CE. Glass. Inv. nos. 21273, 21275, 21447; from Site 2, Chamber 10, Inv. no. 21425.
Vase fragments, depicting African hunt.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Enameled glass.
Inv. nos.: MG 21178, 21179, 21181, 21182, 21185, 21188.
Bowl fragments, with combat scenes.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Enameled glass.
Inv. nos.: MG 19017-19019.
Goblet.
Begram. Site 2. 1st c. CE. Moulded glass.
Inv. no.: MG 21279.
Goblet, depicting a hoplite.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st-2nd c. CE. Enameled glass.
Inv. no.: MG 19020.
Goblet, depicting Abduction of Europa and Ganymede and the eagle.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 13. 1st c. CE. Enameled glass. 16 x 9.5 cm.
Hackin Expedition 1937. Inv. no.: MG 21228. Jarrige et al., p. 19.

Fish-shaped flasks.
Begram, Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Hackin expedition 1937. Inv. nos.: MG 19088-19090, 21838, 23707, 26321. Jarrige et al., p. 18. (no. 19090 measures 9.2 x 9.3 cm.)

Fish-shaped flasks.
Begram, Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Hackin expedition 1937. Inv. nos.: MG 19087, 19091, 21276.
Flask in the form of a galley.
Begram, Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Hackin expedition 1937. Inv. nos.: MG 21840.
Flask.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Inv. no.: MG 19092.
Flask.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Inv. no.: MG 21273.
Flask.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Inv. no.: MG 19094.
Flask.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. 1st c. CE. Blown glass.
Inv. no.: MG 19093.
Vases and bowl.
Begram. Glass.
Plaques from Casket V.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 10. Ivory.
Inv. no.: MG 1901.



Miscellaneous panels.
Begram. Site 2, Chamber 13. Ivory.
Inv. nos.: MA 209, 210.
Decoration of exterior of panels 34 and 191/200.
Begram. Site 2, chamber 13. Ivory.
Hackin expedition 1939. Inv. nos.: MA 321, 290. Jarrige et al., pp. 20-21.
The Miracle of Savrasti (The Buddha of the Great Miracle).
Monastery of Paitava (region of Kapica). 3rd c. CE. Schist. 81 x 45 cm.
Hackin expedition 1924. Inv. No.: 17478. Jarrige et al., p. 22; website. Cf the nearly identical sculpture in the Museum of Indian Art, Berlin (Inv. no. MIK 167).
Bodhisattva.
Monastery of Paitava. 2nd-3rd c. CE. Schist.
Inv. No. MG 21134.
Bodhisattva.
Monastery of Karratcha. 2nd-3rd c. CE. Schist.
Barthoux expedition 1925. Inv. no.: MG 17284