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Terracotta monkey playing rabāb.
Date
200 to 599
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Measurement
height 3.8 centimetres, width 3.2 centimetres
Material
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Subject
Description
Scope and content : Y. 0011. k. Terra-cotta grotesque monkey, naturalistic, seated cross-legged, playing four-stringed rabāb. The whole piece is well modelled, and shows interesting detail in the rabāb. Height 1½", width 1⅜". See Plate XLVI.
Institution
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Find site identifier
Yot.
Stein site number
Y.0011.k
Find site description
Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of Khotan, 5 miles to the west of the present-day Khotan town, on the southern arm of the Silk Road. (Serindia map no. 20, D. 4). Apart from many small terracottas and other artefacts acquired at the site of Yotkan itself, Stein bought other items from people in Khotan and elsewhere. He gave a different site id. to each of these to distinguish their provenance. On his first expedition he used the prefix Y. for this site and Yo. on his second expedition.
Short description : Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of Khotan
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