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1931. Photo 1003(843)

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Photo 1003(843)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Group of Kushan period sculptures - statues, railing pillar fragments, etc. - from Mathura, now in the Lucknow Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1932. Photo 1003(844)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(844)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Including a bacchanalian scene (see 'Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal', vol. XLIV, part I, 1875), a large statue of a standing Buddha in a diaphanous tunic (see F.S. Growse, 'Mathura: a district memoir' (2nd edition, Allahabad, 1880), plate facing p. 160), and other pieces. Now in the Lu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1933. Photo 1003(845)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(845)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous pieces, including the Naga queen of print 840, the standing Buddha of print 844, railing pillar, etc. Now in the Lucknow Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1934. Photo 1003(847)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(847)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Railing pillars, Naga with cup, and other figures.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1935. Photo 1003(848)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(848)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1936. Photo 1003(849)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(849)
Title:
Sculpture panel showing a Jain stupa and torana, two dancing girls, with inscription beneath, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
For inscription, see 'Epigraphia Indica', vol. II, p. 200. Bloch: 'The technical name of such a panel was ayagapata [homage panel].' Piece now in the Lucknow Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1937. Photo 1003(851)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(851)
Title:
An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Jain homage tablet, donor unknown, found in the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 9. Piece now in the Lucknow Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1938. Photo 1003(852)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(852)
Title:
An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre and inscription below, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Jain homage tablet, set up by the wife of Bhadranadi, said to have been found in December 1890 near the centre of the mound of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 11. Now in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1939. Photo 1003(853)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(853)
Title:
Fragment of the arch of a sculptured Jain torana (reverse side), from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 19: 'There is nothing in the sculptures of this torana to indicate whether the ceremony depicted was Jain or Buddhist; but the fact that the slabs were found not far fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

1940. Photo 1003(858)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(858)
Title:
Front view of an ancient inscribed statue, perhaps a yaksha, Parkham, Mathura District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Parkham is situated between Agra and Mathura, about 14 miles from the latter. The statue is described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83' (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), pp. 40-41: 'Parkham is remarkable for the possession of the oldest statue that has yet been...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

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