Relief

29-64-5

From: India | Mathura

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-64-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Mathura
Date Made 1st Century - 2nd Century
Section Asian
Materials Mathura Sandstone | Red Sandstone
Technique Relief | Carved
Iconography Naga (Snake) | Abhaya Mudra | Flask
Description

Relief. Naga with a flask. Of the characteristic Mathura mottled sandstone. Standing Naga in human form with the right hand in abhaya mudra ("fearlessness") and the left holding a small flask. Over the head rise seven cobra heads forming a sort of hood and giving the appearance of a halo.

Height 25 cm
Width 24 cm
Depth 6 cm
Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918
Other Number 1 - Other Number | 22 - Other Number

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