Mirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute

India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 237

This figurine belongs to a group of objects depicting ladies at leisure; here, the woman plays a stringed instrument. They likely served as mirror handles: each has a hole drilled from the top to receive the mirror fixture. Similar objects have been recorded at Khotan, in Central Asia, and are presumably the legacy of a luxury trade in such
goods.

Mirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute, Chlorite schist, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)

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