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Mathura: Architrave showing procession of worshippers, 2nd Century A.D.

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:53:26Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:53:26Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:53:26Z
dc.descriptionIllustrated in a section of an architrave forming a Chaitya window or Chaitya door, the entranc to a temple of the Buddhists, Like the stupas, a traditional form of decorative sculpture was worked out for this building practically from the onset, In this case, befitting a temple of any sort, a lengthy procession is carved on the arch showing people of every sort coming to the temple entrance, Carriages can be seen as well as horsemen while the majority of people walk, The composition has been adapted to the structure of the surface it covers so that, unlike the lintels of the stupa gateways, which could be read across a single horizontal or from the center outward, this narrative is singularly expressive: the entire scene deals with one message: the procession, Its style is less refined than our previously discussed reliefs, perhaps because of the location of the carving and the sort of theme with which it deals, -- New Delhi, Central Asian Antiquities Museum, (Kankali Tila?),en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mediumsepiaen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-678en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-757en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-757
dc.identifier.other32
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163446
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMathuraen_AU
dc.subjectArchitectural elementsen_AU
dc.subjectreliefsen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectmounted transparency seten_AU
dc.titleMathura: Architrave showing procession of worshippers, 2nd Century A.D.
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem

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