figure
- Museum number
- 1955,1017.1
- Description
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Railing fragment. Fragment of a stūpa railing pillar carved in greenish limestone with a standing goddess in relief. She holds a cluster of lotuses in her raised hand and has arrows projecting out of her hair in front of a series of lotus flowers. The pillar is broken at the waist of the figure though part of her proper right hip remains. Around her neck is a heavy necklace. She wore large earrings from each of which hangs a chain looping between and below the breasts. On her proper right arm are jewelled bracelets and an armlet near the shoulder decorated with an open-mouthed makara. On the unbroken side is a large lenticular mortise. Parts of an inscription survive above the sculpture.
- Production date
- 1stC-2ndC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 99 centimetres
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Width: 63.70 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This piece is carved in the Amaravati style and may come from Goli.
- Location
- On display (G33/dc49)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1994, Kyoto National Museum, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
1994, Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
2003 18 Oct-14 Dec, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 17 Jan-28 Mar, Kobe City Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 10 Apr-13 Jun, Fukuoka Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 26 Jun-29 Aug, Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
- Acquisition date
- 1955
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1955,1017.1
