Stupa Railing Pillar
30-61-1
From: India | Amaravati
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Thaba |
Object Number | 30-61-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Buddhist |
Provenience | India | Amaravati |
Period | Late Andhra |
Date Made | 2nd Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Lotus | Flowers | Lion | Makara |
Description | Lower portion of a railing pillar (thaba), from a stupa, with rough hewn base and full lotus rosette on the face at right and a long narrow V socket on the left side of the face. Evidently this was an inner angle of the railing. Below the lotus rosette is a narrow band of floral ornament. The left edge of the block bears a partly defaced full lotus above a band of squares containing rosettes. The right edge is rough hewn, with a V socket. The back contains a decorative band with a pair of makaras at the end and a pair of lions facing eachother. Grey marble. |
Height | 147.32 cm |
Width | 101.6 cm |
Thickness | 39.37 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Government Museum, Madras, India, 1930 |
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