Relief

29-64-147

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-64-147
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1875-1900 CE
Section Asian
Materials Mathura Sandstone | Red Sandstone
Technique Carved | Relief | Painted
Iconography Sickle | Bowl | Wand | Head | Figure | Lion
Description

Relief. Slab, with rounded top, of veined red Mathura sandstone. Figure riding a lion (?). Four armed, upper right hand holds a sickle, lower right hand, a bowl, upper left hand, a three pointed wand, lower left hand, a human head. Low relief, very poor artistically. Traces of red paint on surface.

Height 63.5 cm
Width 29.8 cm
Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918

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