Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing
-200–-100
- Medium
- plum-colored sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period
About
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.