Chair Legs and Panel, 300s . This ivory carving was made to sheath wooden furniture made in India for trade along the Silk Road, which stretched from Rome to China. Indian ivory-faced furnishings--along with lacquer boxes from China and painted glass from Rome--were found in an extraordinary deposit of luxury goods at a site called Begram. The wood on which the ivory and lacquer were affixed has long disintegrated, and only the small pieces remain.

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Keywords: 1526-1756, 1st, afghanistan, art, begram, bone, century-320, chair, cleveland, dynasty, heritage, india, ivory, kushan, legs, mughal, museum, panel, period, unknown