Male figure beneath a caitya arch. Cornice fragment.

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 6328
Type: relief; architecture
Date of production:
2nd-3rd c.
Gandhara art
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: slate
Techniques: carved
Dimensions: height: 16 cm
width: 17 cm
depth: 4.5 cm
2.2 kg
The frieze fragment shows the figure of a male figure, facing left, standing beneath a caitya arch. The frieze is intricately decorated and survives largely intact. The man puts his hands together in front of his chest in a greeting hand gesture (anjalimudra). He is dressed in a lower garment (paridhāna) and an upper garment (uttarīya). The chaitya arch ends in two spiral lines (volutes) on both sides, from which a bunch of grapes hangs on both sides, although the one on the left is broken. The left side of the frieze is closed by an Indo-Persian column, the capital of which is decorated with the figure of a lying zebu.
Its material is Himalayan gray slate.