File:Clevelandart 1943.71.jpg
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Summary
Section of Monolithic Railing with Bather and Lotus Medallions
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| Title |
Section of Monolithic Railing with Bather and Lotus Medallions |
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| Description |
Railings demarcated a sacred space, such as a tree shrine or a stupa. Images associated with purifying waters were carved on the railings, as if to symbolically cleanse those who passed through the gate. Under a fruit-bearing tree is a young woman squeezing water from her hair. In a visual depiction of an ancient Indian poetic trope, a goose mistakes the drops of water for pearls and comes to eat them. |
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| Date | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Red sandstone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 53.3 x 45.8 cm (21 x 18 1/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indian and South East Asian Art |
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| Accession number |
1943.71 |
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| Place of creation | India, Mathura, Kushan period (c. 80-375) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 11:20, 21 January 2019 | | 2,973 × 3,400 (1.85 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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