Yakshi, fragment from a railing of a stupa
about 120 B.C.
Object PlaceBharhut, Madhya Pradesh, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueSandstone
DimensionsOverall: 28 x 30.5 x 15.2 cm (11 x 12 x 6 in.)
Framed (Steel wall mount with two slotted holes for anchor bolts): 26.7 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm (10 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Framed (Steel wall mount with two slotted holes for anchor bolts): 26.7 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm (10 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number31.435
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom the Stupa at Bharhut, India [see note 1]; said to have been removed from Bharhut and taken to the nearby village of Batanmara [see note 2]. Private collection. 1931, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 2, 1931)
NOTES:
[1] See Alexander Cunningham, The Stupa at Barhut (London, 1879), pp. 36, 39-40, pl. LII, 1. [2] See Ananda Coomaraswamy, "A Yakshi Bust from Bharhut," MFA Bulletin, October 1931, p. 81.
NOTES:
[1] See Alexander Cunningham, The Stupa at Barhut (London, 1879), pp. 36, 39-40, pl. LII, 1. [2] See Ananda Coomaraswamy, "A Yakshi Bust from Bharhut," MFA Bulletin, October 1931, p. 81.
about mid-5th century A.D.
about late 8th–late 9th century A.D.
late 1st–early 2nd century A.D.
About second half of the 10th century A.D.
About late 10th century A.D.
About late 2nd century A.D.
about 6th century A.D.
about second half of the 2nd century A.D.
about late 10th–early 11th century A.D.
about 5th century
10th–12th century