Description
This lens-shaped section of a crossbar is from one of the the earliest known Buddhist monuments in India to be embellished with stone relief carvings. It is from a circular fence that surrounded a stupa and demarcated the sacred space from the outside world.
Provenance
The Pan-Asian Collection, New York, NY (?-1982); (Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982–)
Accession Number
1982.44
Medium
plum-colored sandstone
Dimensions
Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
