Mathura: Kushan Head, 2nd Century A.D.

Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Mathura: Kushan Head, 2nd Century A.D.

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dc.contributor.author	Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatial	India (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-24T05:52:14Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-24T05:52:14Z
dc.date.created	circa 1970s
dc.identifier	ANUA 682-662
dc.identifier.other	IA-711
dc.identifier.other	IA-711
dc.identifier.other	28
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163430
dc.description	A group of about half a dozen heads classified as portraits have been found at Mathura, some with distinguishing conical caps or helmets or rams' horns, These are called 'portraits' mainly because they appear to be of specific persons rather than 'types, ' however, the term is still somewhat arbitrary, A few cases of heads not classified as portraits were unearthed too: such an example is our illustration, Though we are sure neither of the head's identity nor significance, we can appreciate it wholly on the basis of style without suffering interpretative loss, A gentle expression characterizes the face, which is not far from the quiet benevolence of the Buddha images of this same time, Geometric handling is present in the facial details: eyes, browline and mouth: a characteristic never completely forgotten in Kushan sculpture, In general, the carving is like incised metal work, but is not fussy after the Ghandaran variety, Note in particular the treatment of the hair and the delicate diadem at the brow, -- New Delhi, Central Asian Antiquities Museum,
dc.format.extent	35mm
dc.format.medium	mounted transparency
dc.format.medium	b&w
dc.format.medium	sepia
dc.format.mimetype	image/tiff
dc.language.iso	en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Basham Collection
dc.subject	Mathura
dc.subject	Kushana portraits
dc.subject	stone sculpture
dc.subject	mounted transparency set
dc.title	Mathura: Kushan Head, 2nd Century A.D.
dc.type	Image
dc.date.updated	2019-05-24T05:52:14Z
dc.provenance	Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.license	This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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