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It is generally believed now that this piece along with a group of other stair risers and associated architectural revetment fragments came from the Peshawar Valley, Pakistan, in what was formerly the British-controlled Yusufzai District of the North-West Frontier Province ( see Errington, 1987, who cites that the Cleveland Museum of Art refers in the <u>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</u>, December 1930, to the 'Buner reliefs' in their collection as coming from a find-place 'near the Buner border in the Peshawar district of the North-West Frontier Province'."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"late 1st century-2nd century","earliest":"0050-01-01","latest":"0200-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Prof. Benjamin Rowland","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Depth","value":"5.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"16.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"46.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Received from Prof. B.Rowland, Cambridge, Mass. USA.\n\nHistorical significance: Formerly B.Rowland collection","historicalContext":"This relief depicts six figures dressed in Roman style, some holding drinking vessels and others holding plantain leaves (possibly for use as fans) The subject may represent the presentation of the future Buddha, Prince Siddhartha, to his bride or simply be a festive scene.  The figures are flanked by two columns with Corinthian-style capitals.  The tenons used to secure this relief are visible on the upper edge.  It is reportedly from a site in the Buner region of the Swat valley.","briefDescription":"Stair Riser with Bacchanalian Scene,schist, 1st-2nd century AD, Peshawar Valley","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Rowland, B.,<u> The Art and Architecture of India</u>, 1953, pp.82-3, pl.36\nRowland, B.,' Gandharan, Rome and Mathura : The Early Relief style',<u> Archives of Chinese Art Society of America</u>, 1956, vol X, pp.8-17\r\nBroadman, Sir John,<u> The Crossroads of Asia, Tranformation in Image and Symbo</u>l, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1992, p.127, No.130\nStein, M.A., 'Detailed report of an archaeological tour with the Buner Field Force', <u>Indian Antiquar</u>y, 1899, vol. 28, pp.14-28, and 33-63.\n'<i>La Chronique des Arts</i>', <u><i>Gazette des Beaux Arts</i></u>, supplement, February 1972, No.1237, No 469"}],"production":"Peshawar Valley, Pakistan","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Buddhism","id":"AAT73738"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"9. 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