↗India · 1878
View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India
Nicholas & Co.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization · c. 2000 BCE
Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- c. 2000 BCE
- Medium
- possibly kaolin
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 in.)
- Country / context
- Pakistan
- Movement / tradition
- South Asian arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- South Asian arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects surviving from the protohistoric urban sites along the banks of the Indus River system. This example has a bovine creature with one horn and one ear showing in profile, his head held over an altar-like object.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.Follow a connection.
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↗India, Mathura, Kushan period · 100s CE
Corner Railing Pillar with Drinking Scenes, Yakshis, and Musicians
Creator not recorded
↗Northern India, Pahari kingdoms · 1870s
Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir with Sons and Courtiers
Bourne & Shepherd
↗India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period · c. 150 BCE
Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing
Creator not recorded