Art Institute of Chicago
Serpent King (Nagaraja) Emerging from a Lotus
Pakistan
- Date
- 2nd century
- Medium
- Gray schist
- Culture
- Gandhara
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
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