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Wima Kadphises: Dated 6th year of Kanishka's reign, A.D. 134 or 150

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dc.contributor.authorRowland, Benjamin
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:52:00Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:52:00Z
dc.date.created1953
dc.identifierANUA 682-659
dc.identifier.otherIA-708
dc.identifier.otherIA-708
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163427
dc.descriptionRepresents Kanishka's predecessor sitting on a lion-throne, wearing the short tunic and heavy felt boots of Kushana kings, Only the breadth of shoulders and fullness of form suggest a continuation of the Indian figure style, The image has a massiveness and crudity immediately suggestive of fragmentary Parthian portrait-statues, The carving of the ornamental border of the cloth draped over the throne reveals an almost exact copy of the designs of woven silks from Palmyra,
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.subjectMathura
dc.subjectKushana portraits
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleWima Kadphises: Dated 6th year of Kanishka's reign, A.D. 134 or 150
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesSource: B, Rowland, The Art & Archit, of India, 43
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:52:00Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
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.
CollectionsArthur Llewellyn Basham

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