#bactrian

[jeannepompadour]

Three types of bracelets or armbands from Tillya Tepe, an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan; Bactrian civilization, dated to around the 1st century BC-1st century AD

[chantssecrets]

A lapis lazuli wild buffalo bead talisman from the ancient Sino-Mongolian, Bactrian or Sino-Siberian culture.

1st millennium AD or older.

[baebeylik]

Sealed Document Announcing the Dispatch of Sheep. Bactria, 330-329 BCE.

The Khalili Collections.

[pollyj]

National Geographic, 2004

[origamidotme]

Shuki Kato - Bactrian Camel by Malleon https://flic.kr/p/2dpzhy1

[didanawisgi]

[caleod]

17-7-20

[thatshowthingstarted]

Large Bactrian Green Onyx ‘Hand-Bag’ Weight,

Circa Late 3RD-Early 2ND Millenium B.C. 

Bactrian culture spread across a wide area of modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and reached its zenith between 2100 and 1700 B.C. 

It produced many unique and distinctive objects, the purpose of which is still unclear, but were most likely votive or idolatrous in nature. These "hand-bag" weights, named after their distinct shape, have been found in a variety of different colourful stones, such as breccia, chlorite, fossiliferous limestone, calcite and onyx. 

See M. Vidale, Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilisation of Central Asia, London, 2017, pp. 44-51, figs. 41-45., for a variety of stones and different shapes.

161⁄2 in. (41.8 cm.) high

Christie’s