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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 570501, member: 8267&quot;]It may be related to the Gandhara tradition in Afghanistan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara</a>) . This figure of a woman appears to have the same hairstyle, and is holding a similar object. The bunched sleeves are also similar.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://store.barakatgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LO.510.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://store.barakatgallery.com/product/gandhara-schist-relief-seated-female-figure/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store.barakatgallery.com/product/gandhara-schist-relief-seated-female-figure/" rel="nofollow">http://store.barakatgallery.com/product/gandhara-schist-relief-seated-female-figure/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are also many examples of what are called cosmetic palettes, recovered from Gandharan sites. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/236x/b5/c4/83/b5c483f689e0a0b59cc0c849855b1fc7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(This is the closest I have found to the iconography on yours. Unfortunately, it was a pinterest link and when I click on it this particular palette does not appear on the pinterest page, so I could not find a reference. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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