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Source Description
Grape vines create vignettes with scenes of drunken revelry on this architectural carving that once fit by joinery to other carved stone blocks at the base of a Buddhist monument. Bacchus himself, the Greco-Roman god of wine, may be the third figure from the left; bearded, portly, and inebriated, his garment slips as he collapses. Cupid and Aphrodite appear in the vignette on the right next to an amorous couple. On the side is a female nature divinity, grasping the branch of a tree, but unlike her counterparts from farther south in India, she is clothed in a long tunic, pants, and scarf associated with the dress of the Central Asian nomadic groups.
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169256
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Bacchanalian Relief
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169256
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Bacchanalian Relief
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Grape vines create vignettes with scenes of drunken revelry on this architectural carving that once fit by joinery to other carved stone blocks at the base of a Buddhist monument. Bacchus himself, the Greco-Roman god of wine, may be the third figure from the left; bearded, portly, and inebriated, his garment slips as he collapses. Cupid and Aphrodite appear in the vignette on the right next to an amorous couple. On the side is a female nature divinity, grasping the branch of a tree, but unlike her counterparts from farther south in India, she is clothed in a long tunic, pants, and scarf associated with the dress of the Central Asian nomadic groups.
date
200s CE
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60762151
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Stone
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Overall: 24.5 x 61 x 14 cm (9 5/8 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period
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2011.14
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Bacchanalian Relief, 200s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period. Schist; overall: 24.5 x 61 x 14 cm (9 5/8 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.140
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Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
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Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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2026-06-10 19:48:44.091000
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169256
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
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