Erotic Couple (""Mithuna"")

ca. 500 CE

24.5 cm 39.4 cm 6.4 cm

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Standing under the lush foliage of a flourishing tree, this amorous couple, or "mithuna," once formed part of the jamb of a temple doorway. Associated with fertility and wellbeing, "mithunas" are considered to bring auspiciousness to the buildings they adorn. Here, the man sta...

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Renzo Freschi, Milan; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1998; given to Walters Art Museum, 2003.
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en
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माध्यम
pink sandstone

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