Relief

29-64-12

From: India | Mathura

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-64-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Mathura
Period Kushan
Date Made 100 BCE - 200 CE
Section Asian
Materials Mathura Sandstone | Red Sandstone
Technique Carved
Iconography Yakshi? | Seated Female
Description

Relief of seated female figure of red mottled Mathura sandstone. Woman seated with knees far apart and drapery falling between them from a belt. Upper part of body bare, showing prominent breasts. Right hand raised with palm cupped toward the head. Left hand rests on knee. Wears a sort of cap and big earrings, scarf over shoulders. Scott calls it a "Yakshi". Kushan.

Height 22.2 cm
Width 18 cm
Depth 5.5 cm
Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918
Other Number 9 - Other Number

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