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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