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Photo 1003(668)

Record Id:

040-003137127

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003136414

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192714.0x0002c9

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147942679.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1003(668)

Title:

Pillars with lion capitals found at Garhwa, Allahabad District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

See A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), p. 13: 'The round pillars are similar to those in the Gupta buildings at Eran and Udayagiri, but they are perhaps even more richly carved. They have the regular Gupta abacus with two lions on each face seated back to back, one head at each corner, after the fashion of the Assyrian sculptures doing duty for two lions; but instead of the tree between them, there is a human figure seated. Below is a stunted bell capital with four flowered turn-overs at the corners. The shaft is highly decorated with octagonal and square bands of conventional foliage, and the half lotus in the middle, which is one of the commonest forms of Gupta ornamentation.'

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003136414
040-003137127

Is part of:

Photo 1003 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates)

Photo 1003(668) : Pillars with lion capitals found at Garhwa, Allahabad District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Hierarchy:

032-003136414[0712]/040-003137127

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1003

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147942679.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)

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Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1870

End Date:

1879

Date Range:

1870s

Era:

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