Stupa Fragment
Frieze
30-61-7
From: India | Amaravati
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 30-61-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Buddhist |
| Provenience | India | Amaravati |
| Period | Late Andhra |
| Date Made | 2nd Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Relief | Carved |
| Iconography | Bodhi Tree | Chatra | Salabhanjika | Female | Arm |
| Description | Fragment from a frieze slab from stupa. Slab once faced the great stupa or subsidiary buildings. Fragment depicts, in relief on the left, a portion of a bodhi tree surrounded by a chatra (umbrella). There is also a braceleted bent hand of a female figure (yakshi or salabhanjika) to the right of the tree below a wide border composed of floral patterns in squares. The elbow of the figure touches the tree while her hand supports the border. |
| Height | 43.18 cm |
| Width | 31.75 cm |
| Thickness | 13.97 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Government Museum, Madras, India, 1930 |
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