拍品 47
47
A mottled red and buff sandstone fragment of a railing pillar
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A mottled red and buff sandstone fragment of a railing pillar

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, MATHURA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 1ST/2ND CENTURY

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A mottled red and buff sandstone fragment of a railing pillar
India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan Period, 1st/2nd century
The faceted shaft carved with roundels of flowerheads and a winged mythical beast
20½ in. (52 cm.) high
來源
Acquired in the 1980s

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Railings surrounded objects of veneration such as stupas and became a particular focus of decoration. Railings were constructed with pillars carved with eye-shaped openings on the side to hold horizontal tenons; for a railing section similarly decorated with flowerheads, see S. Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India, 1985, cat. no. 29, p. 91f.