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Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing: Female Figure (verso)

c. 150 BCE
plum-colored sandstone
Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1982.44.b
Location: 242A Ancient India
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Description

The bust of a female figure in the center of the lotus medallion grasps a cluster of round flowers, probably kadamba, in her right hand. An embroidered coif crisscrosses over her head, and a lotus-shaped medallion ornaments her brow. Like a yakshi, or nature divinity, she embodies life-giving forces of nature.
Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing: Female Figure (verso)

Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing: Female Figure (verso)

c. 150 BCE

India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period

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