↗India · 1878
View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India
Nicholas & Co.
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period · c. 150 BCE
Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- c. 150 BCE
- Medium
- plum-colored sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
- Country / context
- India
- Movement / tradition
- South Asian arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- South Asian arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
This lens-shaped section of a crossbar is from one of the the earliest known Buddhist monuments in India to be embellished with stone relief carvings. It is from a circular fence that surrounded a stupa and demarcated the sacred space from the outside world.
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?
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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
↗Northern India, Uttar Pradesh · 591
Standing Buddha
Creator not recorded