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WD1092(33)
- Record Id:
- 040-003791990
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003791958
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117343234.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162037075.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1092(33)
- Title:
- Cave 1, Details of Pillars 33. Artist(s): Gill, Robert (c.1824-1875).
- Scope & Content:
- Pencil drawing of pillars and pilasters from Cave 1 at Ajanta, from an Album of 26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves, by Capt. R. Gill, dated c.1850. Cave 1, excavated in the late fifth century, is one of the finest monastery of Ajanta. One of the most striking element of this, and most of the other caves, are the imposing pillars that support the wide ceilings. This drawing depicts three types of pillars found in the cave. They have a square base; the shafts are octagonal at the beginning and then become fluted and have carved floral bands, monsters faces with jewelled motifs. The capitals consist of compressed amalaka fruits. These support a square abacus. The brackets are carved with flying couples or makaras, aquatic monsters with foliated tails, flanking a compartment with figurative friezes or elephants.The cave is renowned for the magnificent painting it has preserved on its walls depicting scenes from the previous lives of Buddha as narrated in the Jatakas.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003791958
040-003791990 - Is part of:
- WD1092 : Album of 26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves.…
WD1092(33) : Cave 1, Details of Pillars 33. Artist(s): Gill, Robert (c.1824-1875). - Hierarchy:
- 032-003791958[0033]/040-003791990
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD1092
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162037075.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Pencil on paper; 48.2 x 67.5 cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)