Photo 1003(1105)

This is one of a series of photographs taken for H. H. Cole at Mardan by Serrot, and not, as stated in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the the India Office' (Calcutta, 1900), by Cole himself. Reproduced in photogravure in 'Illustrations of Graeco-Buddhist sculptures from the Yusufzai District', in vol. I of H. H. Cole, 'Preservation of monuments in India' (c. 1885), pl. 25: 'This is a very perfect figure about 1 foot 2 inches high. The halo denotes some connection with the church, but the ornaments are those of a chief or king. The mode of dressing the hair with a top-knot and jewels entwined is peculiar. The right hand, uplifted, has a repesentation of a lotus flower in the palm - another royal sign. Armlets are worn on botrh arms, and the left hand holds a small vessel for water, scent, or perhaps relics. Besides the drapery round the loins there is a cloth over and about the shoulders, leaving the right shoulder bare.' Bloch gives the location as Nuttu, Cole (in the above work) gives Mian Khan. However, Cole himself also gives Nuttu as the location in the sketch copied from this photograph in his 'Memorandum on ancient monuments in Eusofzai, with a description of the explorations undertaken from the 4th February to the 16th April 1883, and suggestions for the disposal of the sculptures' (Simla, 1883), p. 32.