Collection object "MAS.221.b" • One half of a two-piece mould, used…

Title

One half of a two-piece mould, used for casting a finial in the shape of a recumbent deer. The other half is MAS.221.a. Made of fired clay.;

Date

399

Find site

Tamoghil

Measurement

height 7.7 centimetres, width 4 centimetres

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Tam.

Stein site number

Tam.002

Find site description

Near Aksipil approximately 15 miles NE of Khotan town on the southern arm of the Silk Road. Called 'Mazar-oili-Sai' (the sai of the Mazar lands) by locals in Stein's day. Yielded gold leaf, monkeys like those found at Yotkan, and Chinese coins dating to 11th c.

Excavation history : Serindia map no. 27, Innermost Asia map no. 14, A. 2. AK 472-3. S

Short description : Settlement near Khotan.

The British Museum Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum

MAS.221.b

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