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English: Man playing lute or vina / veena. Found at Yusufzai district. Gandhara style. English: This was listed in the source book as being at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Looking for it today, it appears that only the photograph is in the museum, ACCESSION NUMBER PH.1710-1905, Permanent link to V&A page for image. The museum webpage says: "Photograph depicting a portion of a panel from a pediment of talcose schist, with a scene from the life of Gautama Buddha, and a man playing the vina, from the Yusufzai district near Peshawar. Greco Buddhist (Gandhara School), Pakistan, 1st to 3rd century." |
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Book: "A history of fine art in India and Ceylon, from the earliest times to the present day", page 117, by Vincent Arthur Smith (1848-1920). Published 1911 Publication info for book at archive.org |
| Author | Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920 |
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| 15:24, 3 December 2016 |  | 460 × 1,051 (154 KB) | Beads and reels | User created page with UploadWizard |
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