Stupa railing fragment
Stupa railing fragment
Place of OriginIndia, possibly Madhya Pradesh
DateShunga Dynasty (185-75 BCE)
DimensionsH: 9 1/8 in. (230.2 mm); W: 9 3/4 in. (240.8 mm); Depth: 3 in. (70.6 mm)
MediumCarved mottled red sandstone.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family
Object number
2006.140
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 35
DescriptionThis fragment is carved to resemble an open lotus, symbolic of purity and perfection.
early 17th century
11th century
11th century
about 1250
21st–31st Dynasties (1069–332 BCE) or Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
about 1100-1200
early 12th century
Gupta Period (320-647), about 600
about 1200
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