Railing Pillar Fragment
29-64-50
From: India | Mathura
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-64-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Mathura |
| Date Made | 1st Century BCE |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Red Sandstone | Mathura Sandstone |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Chauri Bearer | Male |
| Description | Part of a railing pillar. Of red mottled mathura sandstone. Upper part of a pillar section with decorated arch above a figure in relief of a crowned male with earrings. Chauri Bearer. Cut off below the twisted cloth at his waist. Low post on top for socket of next portion above. Associated with 29-64-16 and 29-64-17. |
| Height | 37.5 cm |
| Width | 16.5 cm |
| Thickness | 8.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918 |
| Other Number | No. 3 - Other Number |
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