{"product_id":"statuette-of-a-woman-of-bactria","title":"STATUETTE OF A WOMAN OF BACTRIA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReproduction in patinated resin by hand. Mold made from a print of the original work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe region lying on each side of the river Amu-Darya, the former Oxus, used to be called Bactria in ancient times. At present, it intersects the North of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C., Bactria maintained extremely close relations with all of Persia and with the regions beyond, including the Indus Valley. A rich artistic production developed in this region, various materials, such as chlorite, lapis-lazuli, alabaster, arseniuretted copper, silver and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn order to create a lively contrast between the different parts of the body and clothes of the figures, statuettes were made of different coloured stones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most frequently represented models were the scarred genie, with a body covered in scales, and women, princesses, majestic in their wide crinoline skirts, sometimes with woolly locks of hair, as in this case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions17 x 15,5 x 13,5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial of the original work Chlorite et calcaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boutiquesdemusees.fr\/en\/products\/140-anonymous\/\" title=\"Anonymous\"\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boutiquesdemusees.fr\/en\/products\/46-resin\/\" title=\"Resin\"\u003eResin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reunion des musees nationaux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51689992454462,"sku":"3336721120329","price":750.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/6655\/9038\/files\/IMG_1575.jpg?v=1746634113","url":"https:\/\/boutique.louvreabudhabi.ae\/products\/statuette-of-a-woman-of-bactria","provider":"Louvre Abu Dhabi Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}