Bronze
100-200 CE
Maharashtra
CSMVS
Details
Theme
Trade, Movement and Exchange
Subtheme
Trade Within India
Case Title
Made in Rome, found in India
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Findspot
Posheri, Wada Taluka, Thana District, Maharashtra, India
Measurements
41.3 x (dia.) 13.6 cm
Accession Number
78.83
Description
A man’s face, with beard and feathered crown, looks at us from this bronze horn found in Thane, a port near Mumbai trading with the Roman empire. It was modelled on a Roman cornucopia (horn of plenty), a symbol of abundance.
