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Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant

185–72 BCE
(185–78 BCE)
gold
John L. Severance Fund 1973.63
Location: 242A Ancient India
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Description

Because of water's life-giving properties, animals such as fish and Indian elephants who love the water were considered auspicious. This composite elephant with a playfully raised trunk and a curling fish tail would have been strung as a pendant on a necklace.
Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant

Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant

185–72 BCE

India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)

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