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Archway

ca. 1450 (made)
Place of origin
Bangladesh (made)
Bangladesh (made)

One of two attached columns which make up the archway


Object details

Object type
Archway
Brief description
Stone archway in seven pieces, Gaur , c.1450 A.D.
Physical description
One of two attached columns which make up the archway
Object history
The description given in the South Kensington Museum (now V&A) Indian Section inventory of 1883 for this object and the other parts with V&A Museum number IS.3395-1883 is as follows:

‘SEVEN PIECES OF STONE-WORK arranged to form an archway. The whole is richly carved with conventional floral decoration. Brought from the dismantled factories of Goamalti and Chandri, buildings erected at the close of the 18th cent. with materials taken from the ruins of the ancient city of Gaur, Bengal. The date of the stonework is about 1450 A.D. H. 10 ft. 6 in., W. 7 ft. 9 in. Presented by Reginald Porch, Esq. 3395.-1883 (I.S.).’
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.3395:4-1883

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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