Railing Pillar

29-64-7

From: India | Mathura

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-64-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Mathura
Date Made 2nd Century
Section Asian
Materials Mathura Sandstone | Red Sandstone
Technique Relief
Iconography Bodhisattvas | Prince | Chauri Bearer
Description

Top of a railing pillar. Of square section bearing on two adjacent sides reliefs of standing bodhisattvas of the prince or Chauri bearer type beneath a round arch. The top corners of the pillar are rounded off. Of mathura sandstone. Kushan.

Height 31.8 cm
Width 12.7 cm
Depth 12.7 cm
Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918
Other Number 4 - Other Number

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