Sculpture
10th century (made)
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The subject is carved in high relief and represents a cow decorated with beaded circlets round her horns and neck and looped across her shoulders and rump. She is suckling her calf beneath the spreading canopy of a tree. To the right, the young Krishna with a lotus nimbus is about to strike the cow with his cowherd's flute. To the left, his half brother, Balarama, stands near a trough of fodder with a dish raised above the head.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Sandstone |
| Brief description | Relief panel of cow and calf with Krishna and Balarama. |
| Physical description | The subject is carved in high relief and represents a cow decorated with beaded circlets round her horns and neck and looped across her shoulders and rump. She is suckling her calf beneath the spreading canopy of a tree. To the right, the young Krishna with a lotus nimbus is about to strike the cow with his cowherd's flute. To the left, his half brother, Balarama, stands near a trough of fodder with a dish raised above the head. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from H.C.Fanshawe, Esq. C.S.I., 72 Philbach Gardens, Earl's Court, S.W.5 |
| Object history | Purchased from Mr H.C.Fanshawe for £50, 18 objects ( 293-310-1921). Historical significance: A group similar in subject-matter and style is in the Archaeological Museum at Mathura Nos. D.55, 830, 1035) and another piece is in the Patna Museum Arch No.5842. |
| Production | From Agroha, Hisar District, Haryana (formerly part of Punjab). North India. (Chauhan style). |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.)
p. 101, cat. no. 24 |
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| Accession number | IM.309-1921 |
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| Record created | July 11, 2002 |
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