Glassware From Begram. Kapisa Province.

1981
This elegant dark-blue glass vessel flecked with gold is delicately encased with a filigree of glass ribbons (17 cm. tall). It was looted, but kindly returned by the Japan Committee for the Protection of Displaced Cultural Properties at Tokyo University of the arts in August 2016.
Photo: Louis Dupree from Rice and Rowland Art in Afghanistan: Objects from the Kabul Museum, 1971

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Image Size: 4121x5410 / 4.5MB; 1981 Afghanistan Kapisa Begram Glassware Glass Vessel Glass Ribbons Japan Committee Tokyo University Louis Dupree Objects Kabul Museum Slide LD 1981 02021
Contained in galleries: NATIONAL MUSEUM II: CE (Common Era)

1981<br />
This elegant dark-blue glass vessel flecked with gold is delicately encased with a filigree of glass ribbons (17 cm. tall). It was looted, but kindly returned by the Japan Committee for the Protection of Displaced Cultural Properties at Tokyo University of the arts in August 2016. <br />
Photo: Louis Dupree from Rice and Rowland Art in Afghanistan: Objects from the Kabul Museum, 1971