Cleveland Museum of Art
Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing: Female Figure (verso)
- Date
- c. 150 BCE
- Medium
- plum-colored sandstone
- Culture
- India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The bust of a female figure in the center of the lotus medallion grasps a cluster of round flowers, probably kadamba , in her right hand. An embroidered coif crisscrosses over her head, and a lotus-shaped medallion ornaments her brow. Like a yakshi, or nature divinity, she embodies life-giving forces of nature.
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