File:Clevelandart 1971.15.jpg
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Summary
Gateway Bracket
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| Title |
Gateway Bracket |
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| Description |
Gateways leading into a sacred area often had large horizontal architraves, the weight of which was supported by brackets carved with figures of voluptuous women grasping the branch of a tree. They embody the ideal form of the young mother, with breasts full of nourishing milk. As personifications of the sap that pervades living plants, they are auspicious markers of life and abundance. These attractive figures, who embody the purifying water essential for life, symbolically cleanse visitors as they enter the sacred space. On both sides of this large bracket they grasp the branch of an ashoka tree, which has clusters of flowers that are bright red in nature. |
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| Date | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Sandstone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 73.9 x 57.2 cm (29 1/8 x 22 1/2 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indian and South East Asian Art |
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| Accession number |
1971.15 |
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| Place of creation | India, Mathura, Kushan period (AD 1-320) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | John L. Severance Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 18:54, 21 January 2019 | | 2,879 × 3,400 (1.35 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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