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The bells are intended to evoke the sounds that once accompanied the sacred space as much as visual ornamentation. A lion and a leonine figure with a human face bound enthusiastically as part of a parade of creatures who circle the monument in the proscribed clockwise direction. The exaggerated linear outlining of their features and the flatness of their bodies are stylistic features of relief sculpture from this period. The motif in the center has vegetal fronds symmetrically springing from a lotus rosette in the form of an auspicious symbol called shrivatsa, which is also found on the chests of Jinas-liberated beings of the Jain tradition-and the Hindu god Vishnu.
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169265
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Section of a Coping Rail
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169265
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Section of a Coping Rail
description
The bells are intended to evoke the sounds that once accompanied the sacred space as much as visual ornamentation. A lion and a leonine figure with a human face bound enthusiastically as part of a parade of creatures who circle the monument in the proscribed clockwise direction. The exaggerated linear outlining of their features and the flatness of their bodies are stylistic features of relief sculpture from this period. The motif in the center has vegetal fronds symmetrically springing from a lotus rosette in the form of an auspicious symbol called shrivatsa, which is also found on the chests of Jinas-liberated beings of the Jain tradition-and the Hindu god Vishnu.
date
1–200 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80076284
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Stone
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1
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Overall: 17.5 x 69 x 6.5 cm (6 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
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India, Mathura, Kushan period
accession
2011.145
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sandstone
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Section of a Coping Rail, 1–200 CE. India, Mathura, Kushan period. Sandstone; overall: 17.5 x 69 x 6.5 cm (6 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.145
collection
Indian Art - Kushan
citations
citation
Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
citation
“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2010-2011.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 62, 2012, pp. 105–153.
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Reproduced: p. 119, fig. 16
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Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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2026-06-10 19:48:53.937000
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169265
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Indian Art - Kushan
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sandstone
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