Object Number | 29-64-69 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Hindu |
Provenience | India | Mathura |
Date Made | 2nd Century - 3rd Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Mathura Sandstone |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Attendants | Spear |
Description | Fragment of a relief. Of Mathura sandstone. Attendants, one bearing a spear, on the right of a figure indicated on the right hand edge but mutilated beyond identification. Alexander Scott's notes call this 'fragment of a Greek Bachanalian group" and say it was "taken from Mahabund mound the birthplace of Lord Krishna." Probably army of Mara. |
Height | 29.2 cm |
Width | 29.8 cm |
Credit Line | Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918 |
Other Number | 69 - Other Number |
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